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Rayo, W., Barrita, A. M., Cabrera Martinez, L., & Carbajal, I.
This systematic review explored how researchers operationalized bilingualism when investigating the relationship between bilingual code-switching experience and cognition...
Barrita, A., Carbajal, I., Abreu, R.L., Chang, R., Moreno O., Garcini, L.M., & Wong- Padoongpatt, G.
Latinx and Asian people are experiencing an elevated rate of immigration status-related oppression—both systematically and individually—despite actual nationality, and this type of cultural stressor has seen a rampant increase recently in the United States. We aimed to assess the relation and effect of immigration status microaggressions on psychological stress and some mechanisms connected to these experiences.
Carbajal, I., Moore, E., Cabrera Martinez, L., & Hunt, K
Many leading scholars have highlighted the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in approaching research and practice in psychology. Critical Race Theory allows for cognitive science to take a more intersectional perspective rather than perpetuate the exclusionary and universal limitations associated with traditional cognitive science. This review and commentary apply CRT to cognitive science to address three main goals.
Carbajal, I., Ryals, A. J., Wang, D.C., Slavish, D., & Hasapes, N
In this study, we investigated visual recognition memory performance in bicultural and bilingual Latinx individuals when given images to encode in two different languages and semantic scene congruency (i.e., same or different image) conditions