Frontal EEG alpha asymmetry predicts foreign language anxiety while speaking a foreign language

IF 2.6 3区 心理学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Behavioural Brain Research Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115216
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Abstract

Engaging in dialog requires interlocutors to coordinate sending and receiving linguistic signals to build a discourse based upon interpretations and perceptions interconnected with a range of emotions. Conversing in a foreign language may induce emotions such as anxiety which influence the quality communication. The neural processes underpinning these interactions are crucial to understanding foreign language anxiety (FLA). Electroencephalography (EEG) studies reveal that anxiety is often displayed via hemispheric frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA). To examine the neural mechanisms underlying FLA, we collected self-reported data on the listening and speaking sections of the Second language skill specific anxiety scale (L2AS) over behavioral, cognitive, and somatic domains and recorded EEG signals during participation in word chain turn-taking activities in first (L1, Chinese) and second (L2, English) languages. Regression analysis showed FAA for the L2 condition was a significant predictor primarily of the behavioral and somatic domains on the L2AS speaking section. The results are discussed along with implications for improving communication during L2 interactions.

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额叶脑电图阿尔法不对称预测说外语时的外语焦虑症
参与对话需要对话者协调语言信号的发送和接收,以建立基于与一系列情感相互关联的解释和感知的话语。用外语对话可能会诱发焦虑等情绪,从而影响交流质量。这些相互作用的神经过程对于理解外语焦虑(FLA)至关重要。脑电图(EEG)研究显示,焦虑通常通过大脑半球额叶α不对称(FAA)表现出来。为了研究 FLA 的神经机制,我们收集了第二语言技能焦虑量表(L2AS)听力和口语部分的行为、认知和躯体领域的自我报告数据,并记录了第一语言(第一语言,中文)和第二语言(第二语言,英语)参与单词链轮流活动时的脑电信号。回归分析表明,第二语言条件下的 FAA 主要对第二语言口语部分的行为和躯体领域有显著的预测作用。本文讨论了这一结果以及对改善 L2 互动中的交流的影响。
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Behavioural Brain Research
Behavioural Brain Research 医学-行为科学
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期刊介绍: Behavioural Brain Research is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of articles in the field of behavioural neuroscience, broadly defined. Contributions from the entire range of disciplines that comprise the neurosciences, behavioural sciences or cognitive sciences are appropriate, as long as the goal is to delineate the neural mechanisms underlying behaviour. Thus, studies may range from neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, neurochemical or neuropharmacological analysis of brain-behaviour relations, including the use of molecular genetic or behavioural genetic approaches, to studies that involve the use of brain imaging techniques, to neuroethological studies. Reports of original research, of major methodological advances, or of novel conceptual approaches are all encouraged. The journal will also consider critical reviews on selected topics.
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