Hello and welcome to Minds between languages. Our guest today is Binghan Zheng, professor in translation studies at Durham University, United Kingdom. He will talk about investigating "interpreter advantage". 

Suggested readings

Zhang, X., Zheng, B.*, Wang, R. & He, H. (2025) Is interpreter advantage a gift or an effect of training? Cognitive changes and interpreting acquisition at the early stage of training. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. pp. 1-11. doi.org/10.1017/S136672892500032X

Zheng, B. et al. (2020). Semantic and attentional networks in bilingual processing: fMRI connectivity signatures of translation directionality. Brain & Cognition 143(105584). pp.1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105584

Weng, Y., Zheng, B. * & Dong, Y. (2022). Time pressure in translation: Psychological and physiological measures. Target, 34(4). pp. 601-626. doi.org/10.1075/target.20148.wen

Further resources

https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/binghan-zheng/

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