Table 1. Participants' language backgroundsa.
| Mandarin Learners | Naïve Controls | |
|---|---|---|
| Native English monolinguals | 15 | 7 |
| Native English bilinguals | 7 | 5 |
| Non-Native English bilinguals | 4 | 0 |
Participants filled out the Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (Marian, Blumenfeld, & Kaushanskaya, 2007) and were classified according their self-reported comprehension ability on a 1-10 scale. Participants who reported their comprehension skills for all non-English languages as 5 or less were considered monolingual. Bilingual participants reported significant comprehension in Spanish (8), Korean (4), Czech (1), Esperanto (1), French (1), and Japanese (1).