ArticleJournal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice2017
Short-Term Memory Improvement After Simultaneous Interpretation Training.
Article in Journal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- The Impact of Interpreting Training Experience on the Attentional Networks and Their Dynamics.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Training in new forms of human-AI interaction improves complex working memory and switching skills of language professionals.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2023Article
- Language aptitude in the visuospatial modality: L2 British Sign Language acquisition and cognitive skills in British Sign Language-English interpreting students.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Selective Attention Measurement of Experienced Simultaneous Interpreters Using EEG Phase-Locked Response.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Cognitive and Neurocognitive Effects From the Unique Bilingual Experiences of Interpreters.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Attention Network in Interpreters: The Role of Training and Experience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Simultaneous interpretation (SI) is a cognitively demanding process that has been associated with enhanced memory and executive functions. It is unclear, however, if the previously evidenced interpreter advantages are developed through training and/or experience with SI or rather represent inherent characteristics that allow success in the field. The present study aimed to disentangle these possibilities through a longitudinal examination of students earning a Master of Conference Interpreting and two control populations. The students were tested at the beginning and end of their programs on measures of memory and executive functioning that have previously demonstrated an interpreter advantage. The results revealed no inherent advantage among the students of interpretation. However, an SI training-specific advantage was revealed in verbal short-term memory; the students of interpretation, but not the two control groups, showed a gain between the testing sessions. This controlled longitudinal study demonstrates that training in simultaneous interpretation is associated with cognitive changes.
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