Links to Related Material and Resources:

Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q) [doc], by Marian, Blumenfeld, & Kaushanskaya (2007), published in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 50 (4), 940-967. [pdf]

LEAP-Q SUPPLEMENT, explaining how to export data from the filled out questionnaire. [pdf]

LEAP-Q for use in Canada in English [doc]and in French [doc] (translated by Zvaigne, Salem, Groleau, & Milette at McGill University).

LEAP-Q for use in the USA in Spanish [doc] (translated by Rojas & Iglesias at Temple University).

LEAP-Q for use in German [doc] (translated by Larissa Weigel and Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Cornell University)

LEAP-Q for us in Dutch [doc] (translated by Lisa Vandeberg, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Papers related to Lab Projects:

Language and Memory

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (in press). Language-dependent memory. In C. Zelinsky-Wibbelt (Ed.), Relations Between Language and Memory. In Contributions to Linguistics and Translation Studies, Saarbruecken Series. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2008). Words, feelings, and bilingualism. The Mental Lexicon, 3, 1, 72-91. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2007). Language context guides memory content. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14, 5, 925-933. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2007). Cognitive constraints on cross-linguistic transfer and borrowing in bilinguals. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28, 369-390. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Fausey, C. (2006). Language-Dependent Memory in Bilingual Learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 8, 1025-1047. [pdf]

Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2006). Emotional intensity and valence in bilingual autobiographical memories. In B. Velichkovsky, T. Chernigovskaya, I. Alexandrov, & D. Ahapkin (Eds.), Proceedings of The Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science, Volume 2, 539-540. St. Petersburg, Russia: Bilibo Publishing.

Marian, V. (2005). Genuine and false memories in two memory paradigms. In D. Rosen, R. Kozak, G. Carlson, M. Tyler, & S. Joist (Eds.), Trends in Experimental Psychology Research. pp. 129-142. NY: Nova Publishers.

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2004). Self-construal and emotion in bicultural bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 51, 2, 190-201. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Fausey, C. (2004). Learning in Spanish and English: Language-dependent memory in bilinguals. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America, 356-363. Buenos Aires: ESSARP.

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2003). Autobiographical memory and language in bicultural bilinguals. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Bilingualism, 1478-1486. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Neisser, U. (2000). Language-dependent recall of autobiographical memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 129, 361-368. [pdf]

Marian, V. (1999). Language-dependent memory. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 355-360, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Bilingual Language Processing

Blumenfeld, H. K., & Marian, V. (in press). Language-cognition interactions during bilingual language development in children. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Language Acquisition: New Research. NY: NOVA.

Marian, V. (2009, in press). Audio-visual integration during bilingual language processing. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), The Bilingual Mental Lexicon. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Marian, V., Blumenfeld, H., & Boukrina, O. (2008). Sensitivity to phonological similarity within and across languages: A native/non-native asymmetry in bilinguals. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. [pdf]

Blumenfeld, H., & Marian, V. (2007). Constraints on parallel language activation in bilingual spoken language processing: examining proficiency and lexical status using eye-tracking. Language and Cognitive Processes, 22, 5, 633-660. [pdf]

Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2007). Non-target language recognition and interference: Evidence from eye-tracking and picture naming. Language Learning, 57, 1, 119-163.

Marian, V., Shildkrot, Y., Blumenfeld, H., Kaushanskaya, M., Faroqi-Shah, Y., & Hirsch, J. (2007). Cortical activation during word processing in late bilinguals: Similarities and differences as revealed by fMRI. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29, 3, 247-265. [pdf]

Blumenfeld, H., & Marian, V. (2006). Phonological neighborhood density in native and non-native word recognition. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 71-76. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [pdf]

Boukrina, O., & Marian, V. (2006). Asymmetry in impact of phonological overlap on native and non-native word recognition. Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries, 2, 38-67.

Boukrina, O., & Marian, V. (2006). Integrated phonological processing in bilinguals: Evidence from spoken word recognition. Proceedings of the Twenty- Eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 101-106. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Marian, V., & Blumenfeld, H. (2006). Phonological neighborhood density guides lexical access in native and non-native language production. Journal of Social & Ecological Boundaries, 2, 5-37. [pdf]

Blumenfeld, H., & Marian, V. (2005). Covert bilingual language activation through cognate processing: An eye-tracking study. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 286-291. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2004). Mapping written input onto orthographic representations: The case of bilinguals with two partially overlapping orthographies. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 891-896. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [pdf]

Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2004). Activation of non-target language phonology during bilingual visual word recognition: evidence. Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 654-659. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [pdf]

Marian, V., & Spivey, M. (2003). Bilingual and monolingual processing of competing lexical items. Applied Psycholinguistics, 24, 2, 173-193. [pdf]

Marian, V., Spivey, M., & Hirsch, J. (2003). Shared and separate systems in bilingual language processing: Converging evidence from eyetracking and brain imaging. Brain and Language, 86, 1, 70-82. (translated into Spanish and Polish) [pdf]

Marian, V., & Spivey, M. (2003). Competing activation in bilingual language processing: Within- and between-language competition. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 6, 2, 97-115. [pdf]

Spivey, M., & Marian, V. (1999). Crosstalk between native and second languages: Partial activation of an irrelevant lexicon. Psychological Science, 10, 3, 281-284.

Marian, V., & Spivey, M. (1999). Activation of Russian and English cohorts during bilingual spoken word recognition. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 349-354. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Bilingual Assessment, Language Learning, Etc.

Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2008). Mapping phonological information from auditory to written modality during foreign vocabulary learning. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Marian, V. (2008). Bilingual research methods. In J. Altarriba, & R. R. Heredia (Eds.), An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. Mahwah, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum.

Marian, V., Blumenfeld, H., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2007). The Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q): Assessing language profiles in bilinguals and multilinguals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 4, 940-967. [doc]

Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2007). Age-of-acquisition effects in the development of a bilingual advantage for word learning. Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development.

Sheng, L., McGregor, K., & Marian, V. (2006). Lexical-semantic organization in bilingual children: Evidence from a repeated word association task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 3, 572-587. [pdf]

Rochat, P., Neisser, U., & Marian, V. (1998). Are young infants sensitive to interpersonal contingency? Infant Behavior and Development, 21, 2, 355-366.