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Highly proficient bilinguals compensate language dominance effects with differential attentional resource allocation: Insights from pupillometry

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Faster responses were observed in Basque compared to Spanish during cued language switching, highlighting proficiency differences.
Pupil size data indicated that greater cognitive load was experienced when using the less dominant Basque language.
This study utilized pupillometry to track cognitive load, providing a new perspective on bilingual language processing.
The reversed language dominance effect suggests attentional resources are reallocated in highly proficient bilinguals.

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Cued language switching reveals cognitive load differences between Spanish and Basque bilinguals, suggesting varied attentional allocation.

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Cued language switching reveals cognitive load differences between Spanish and Basque bilinguals, suggesting varied attentional allocation.