Eleonora Rossi

About

Eleonora Rossi holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Her research focuses on psycholinguistics, bilingualism, and the cognitive and neural effects of second language acquisition. She investigates how these processes might change across the lifespan, contributing to our understanding of language processing and learning in bilingual individuals and across different age groups.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Psychology
• Linguistics
• Pedagogy

Selected publications

• Oscillatory brain dynamics of pronoun processing in native Spanish speakers and in late second language learners of Spanish

  Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2020-01-29 · 29 citations

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  Abstract A longstanding question in the second language acquisition literature is whether late second language (L2) learners process grammatical structures in a native-like manner. Here, we use Time Frequency Representation (TFR) analysis to test morpho-syntactic processing of clitic pronouns in native and late L2 learners of Spanish. The TFR results show overall similar power decreases in theta, alpha, and beta frequencies in both groups. Critically, the observed oscillatory effects persisted i…

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• It Takes a Village: Using Network Science to Identify the Effect of Individual Differences in Bilingual Experience for Theory of Mind

  Brain Sciences · 2022-04-09 · 27 citations

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  An increasing amount of research has examined the effects of bilingualism on performance in theory of mind (ToM) tasks. Bilinguals outperform monolinguals in ToM when comparing groups. However, it is unclear what aspects of the bilingual experience contribute to this effect in a dynamic construct like ToM. To date, bilingualism has been conceptualized as a dichotic skill that is distinct from monolingualism, obscuring nuances in the degree that different bilingual experience affects cognition. T…

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• Brain changes associated with language development and learning: A primer on methodology and applications

  System · 2020-01-29 · 27 citations

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• Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations

  Brain and Language · 2021-10-09 · 25 citations

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  This study uses resting state EEG data from 103 bilinguals to understand how determinants of bilingualism may reshape the mind/brain. Participants completed the LSBQ, which quantifies language use and crucially the division of labor of dual-language use in diverse activities and settings over the lifespan. We hypothesized correlations between the degree of active bilingualism with power of neural oscillations in specific frequency bands. Moreover, we anticipated levels of mean coherence (connect…

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• Neural signatures of inhibitory control in intra-sentential code-switching: Evidence from fMRI

  Journal of Neurolinguistics · 2020-09-23 · 24 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Judith F. Kroll

  16 shared

• Michèle T. Diaz

  Pennsylvania State University

  9 shared

• Sharlene D. Newman

  University of Alabama

  7 shared

• Ester Navarro

  Tufts University

  6 shared

• Megan Nakamura

  University of Florida

  5 shared

• Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares

  Max Planck Society

  5 shared

• Christian Keysers

  University of Amsterdam

  4 shared

• Paola E. Dussias

  Pennsylvania State University

  4 shared

Education

• Post doctoral research, Psychology

  Penn State

  2015

• PhD, Linguistics

  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  2007

• Masters, Linguistics

  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  2002

• Speech and Language Pathology, Speech and Language Pathology

  University of Padua

  2001

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