Humans make sense of the world by categorizing concepts with labels that help us remember, recognize, and generalize. Some categories, like “dog” or “cat,” have clear boundaries, while others are more fluid and vary across languages. For bilinguals, this can mean navigating two systems that divide the world in different ways. In our lab, we use behavioral experiments, brain imaging (MEG), and computational methods to investigate whether bilinguals adopt one language’s conceptual framework or create blended representations, and characterize how category boundaries emerge under different patterns of language exposure.
NYU DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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