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. 2025 Aug 22;15:30971. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16841-5

Table 1.

Participants’ language background information.

L1 English (N = 8) L1 Spanish (N = 15)
Dominance Eng-dom (N = 7) Eng-dom (N = 6)
Span-dom (N = 0) Span-dom (N = 0)
Balanced (N = 1) Balanced (N = 9)
AoA Spanish

Early (0–5 years of age) (N = 5)

Late (after 5 yoa) (N = 3)

AoA English

Early (0–5 years of age) (N = 9)

Late (after 5 yoa) (N = 6)

L1 English L1 Spanish
English Spanish English Spanish
Listening 6.83 (0.41)** 5.50 (1.38) 6.36 (1.15) 6.36 (1.34)
Speaking 6.67 (0.52)** 3.83 (1.47)* 6.07 (1.27) 5.71 (1.49)
Reading 6.83 (0.41)* 4.00 (2.0) 6.29 (0.1) 5.57 (1.83)
Writing 6.83 (0.41)** 2.83(1.94)* 6.0(1.71)* 4.79 (1.67)

Proficiency ratings in various language dimensions were measured with a 7-point Likert scale where 1 = very poor, 7 = native like. Asterisks show significant differences in proficiency ratings for English and Spanish. Values for proficiency include mean rating and SD in parentheses.

* p <.05, ** p <.01, *** p <.001.