2022 RTP Effects of Bilingualism on Cognitive Control, Linguistic Ability and Cultural Awareness

Curtin University, Australia

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Status: Open

Applications open: 12/07/2021
Applications close: 30/08/2021

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About this scholarship

Britta Biedermann(1), Welber Marinovic(2) and Takeshi Hamamura(2)
Curtin School of Allied Health (1), School of Population Health(2). This is a cross-discipline; cross-school project, bringing together academics with complementing expertise in cognitive neuropsychology, neuroscience, and cross-cultural psychology. The team speaks 5 languages across its members.
This PhD project is associated with an Australian Research Council Project that focuses on understanding the factors influencing speech production in monolingual and bilingual adult speakers, both in unimpaired speakers and those with acquired language impairment (aphasia).
The successful candidate will contribute to the unimpaired speaker components of this project. With the support of the supervisory team this project offers diverse opportunities. For example, does learning a second language later in life can enhance non-linguistic cognitive skills (such as attention)? What is the influence of similar sounding words across languages on the first or second language spoken? What are the non-linguistic and linguistic effects on the first language when a second language is spoken over a long period of time? What other cross-language influences on speech errors can be observed? What is the influence of learning another language on cultural awareness?
Overall, this research area aims to understand in more detail how language is organised in healthy multi-lingual speakers and what factors are influencing their language performance. Once the influencing factors are determined, they can serve as a 'testing bed for the language-impaired context. 


  • Future Students

  • Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Higher Degree by Research

  • Australian Citizen
  • Australian Permanent Resident
  • New Zealand Citizen
  • Permanent Humanitarian Visa

  • Merit Based

Total value of the annual scholarships (stipend and fees) is approx. $60,000 - $70,000 p.a. Curtin PhD Stipends are valued at $28,597 p.a. for up to a maximum of 3.5 years.

Successful applicants will receive a 100% Fee offset.


Scholarship Details

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All applicable HDR courses


Essential Criteria: Excellent academic record including Honours or Masters of Research Degree in Psychology, (psycho-)Linguistics, Speech Pathology, Cognitive Science or related field; excellent spoken and written English; theoretical knowledge of at least one other language than English.
Desirable Criteria: understanding of theories of bilingual language and cognitive processing; advanced statistical skills (e.g., experience with R and linear mixed effect modelling; experience in computational modelling; proficiency in more than one language). 


Application process

If this project excites you, and your research skills and experience are a good fit for this specific project, you should email the project lead, expressing your interest (EOI) in this project.

Your EOI email should include your current curriculum vitae, a summary of your research skills and experience and the reason you are interested in this specific project.


Enrolment Requirements

Eligible to enrol in a Higher Degree by Research Course at Curtin University by March 2022


Enquiries

To enquire about this project opportunity contact the Project lead (listed below).

Name: Dr Britta-Andrea Biedermann 

Email: [email protected]

Contact Number: 92663683



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