Mapping the small-world properties of brain networks in Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy

The aim of this study is to examine the small-world properties of functional brain networks in Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting (SI) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). In particular, the fNIRS neuroimaging combined with complex network analysis was performed to extract...

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Published in:Journal of innovative optical health science 2018-05, Vol.11 (3), p.1840001-1-1840001-12
Main Authors: Lin, Xiaohong, Lei, Victoria Lai Cheng, Li, Defeng, Hu, Zhishan, Xiang, Yutao, Yuan, Zhen
Format: Article
Language:English
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brain network
fNIRS
Invited Research Article
simultaneous interpreting
small-world
translation
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Summary:The aim of this study is to examine the small-world properties of functional brain networks in Chinese to English simultaneous interpreting (SI) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). In particular, the fNIRS neuroimaging combined with complex network analysis was performed to extract the features of functional brain networks underling three translation strategies associated with Chinese to English SI: “transcoding” that takes the “shortcut” linking translation equivalents between Chinese and the English, “code-mixing” that basically does not involve bilingual processing, and “transphrasing” that takes the “long route” involving a monolingual processing of meaning in Chinese and then another monolingual processing of meaning in English. Our results demonstrated that the small-world network topology was able to distinguish well between the transcoding, code-mixing and transphrasing strategies related to Chinese to English SI.
ISSN:1793-5458
1793-7205
DOI:10.1142/S1793545818400011