Table 1 Summary of the participants’ language background.

From: Electrophysiological dynamics of Chinese phonology during visual word recognition in Chinese-English bilinguals

 

Mean (SD)

English experiment

Chinese experiment

Age (years)

23.1 (2.7)

24.4 (2.9)

Age exposed to formal English education

10.1 (2.0)

10.3 (2.3)

Time studies English (years)

13.1 (2.3)

14.1 (2.8)

English immersion experience (months)

17.4 (13.9)

21.1 (19.9)

LexTALE test score

58.2 (9.0)

57.2 (7.0)

Self-rated English Reading ability

5.0 (0.7)

5.0 (0.7)

  1. Note. LexTALE61 is an English vocabulary test; subjective reading ability was rated on a 7-point scale (1 = very poor, 7 = native-like).