Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jorge Valdés Kroff Research Group
Led by Jorge Valdés Kroff · Spanish and Portuguese Studies
What we study
Dr. Valdés Kroff studies how bilingual and second-language speakers process sentences, especially Spanish-English code-switching and Spanish heritage speakers. With Edith Kaan he is co-PI on a four-year NSF project on how speakers adapt their mental control when switching languages.
What working here is like
- Human participants
- Project
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- Papers
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Current projects
Adaptation of control processes in code-switching
A four-year NSF project, with Edith Kaan as PI, on how speakers adapt control processes when switching languages.
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Recent papers, explained
- Bilinguals have better recall for code-switched information
2026 · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Finds that bilinguals recall information better when it's presented in code-switched sentences.
- ¿Sabes si viene un code-switch? Bilinguals can predict upcoming code-switches given enough context
2026 · Memory & Cognition
Tests whether bilinguals can predict upcoming code-switches in conversations.
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- Nominal classification in code-switching
2026 · Oxford University Press eBooks
Reviews how grammatical gender and classifiers work in code-switching between languages.
- Investigating the effects of code-switch types on cognitive control.
2025 · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
Investigates whether different types of code-switching affect cognitive control in bilinguals.
- Disentangling grammar and experience
2025 · Isogloss Open Journal of Romance Linguistics
Compares grammar and experience in how bilinguals process code-switching in English and Spanish.
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