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Professor Marian's research focuses on bilingualism/multilingualism and the brain's ability to accommodate multiple languages at the same time. She studies the relationship between language and memory, as well as how people process spoken and written language. Her research uses cognitive, behavioral, and neurological measures to study the human linguistic capacity.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Experimental Psychology, PhD, Cornell University
… → 2000
Experimental Psychology, MA, Cornell University
… → 1998
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, MA, Emory University
… → 1996
Psychology, BA, University of Alaska Anchorage
… → 1994
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Cognitive Architecture of Bilingual Language Processing
Marian, V. (PD/PI), Marian, V. (PD/PI), Chung Fat Yim, A. K. (Co-Investigator), Hayakawa, S. L. (Co-Investigator) & Hayakawa, S. L. (Co-Investigator)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/22/22 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
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Language development in bilingual preschoolers: A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural comparison
Marian, V. (PD/PI) & Marian, V. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/24/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Cognitive Architecture of Bilingual Language Processing
Marian, V. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6/1/17 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Cognitive Architecture of Bilingual Language Processing
Marian, V. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7/15/10 → 5/31/17
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Linguistic and Cognitive Mechanisms in Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition
Marian, V. (PD/PI)
8/1/06 → 7/31/09
Project: Research project
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Language experience influences performance on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery: A cluster analysis
Chung Fat Yim, A. K., Hayakawa, S. L. & Marian, V., Dec 2025, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12, 1, 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Language-dependent reminiscing: Bilingual mother-child autobiographical conversations differ across Thai and English
Rochanavibhata, S. & Marian, V., Apr 2024, In: Cognitive Development. 70, 101445.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multilingualism, creativity, and problem-solving
Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Fernandez-Duque, M. & Marian, V., 2024, Studies in Bilingualism. John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 36-59 24 p. (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 67).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Bilingualism Alters the Neural Correlates of Sustained Attention
Chung-Fat-Yim, A., Bobb, S. C., Hoshino, N. & Marian, V., Jul 10 2023, In: Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 9, 4, p. 409-421 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Bilingual mothers and children gesture differently across native and second languages
Rochanavibhata, S., Chuang, J. Y. C. & Marian, V., 2023, In: Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech. 5, 2, p. 201-230 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Data from: Speakers of different languages remember visual scenes differently
Fernandez-Duque, M. (Creator), Hayakawa, S. (Creator) & Marian, V. (Creator), Dryad, Jul 21 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jpd, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jpd
Dataset
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When it’s harder to ignorar than to ignore: Evidence of greater attentional capture from a non-dominant language
Hayakawa, S. (Creator), Shook, A. (Creator) & Marian, V. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2020
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4975211.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/When_it_s_harder_to_i_ignorar_i_than_to_ignore_Evidence_of_greater_attentional_capture_from_a_non-dominant_language/4975211/1
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Data from: Speakers of different languages remember visual scenes differently
Fernandez-Duque, M. (Contributor), Hayakawa, S. (Contributor) & Marian, V. (Contributor), ZENODO, Jul 21 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8143405, https://zenodo.org/records/8143405
Dataset
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Data from: Speakers of different languages remember visual scenes differently
Fernandez-Duque, M. (Contributor), Hayakawa, S. (Contributor) & Marian, V. (Contributor), ZENODO, Jul 21 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jpd, https://zenodo.org/records/8173098
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Listening to speech and non-speech sounds activates phonological and semantic knowledge differently
Bartolotti, J. (Creator), Schroeder, S. R. (Creator), Hayakawa, S. (Creator), Rochanavibhata, S. (Contributor), Chen, P. (Contributor) & Marian, V. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2020
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5022380.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Listening_to_speech_and_non-speech_sounds_activates_phonological_and_semantic_knowledge_differently/5022380/1
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