When it’s harder to ignorar than to ignore: Evidence of greater attentional capture from a non-dominant language

Imagine you're driving and you become so distracted by the radio that you miss your turn. Which is more likely to have caught your attention, a broadcast in your native tongue or one in your second language? The present study explores the effect of language proficiency on our ability to inhibit irrelevant phonological information.Participants were asked to identify which of two drawings changed color while ignoring irrelevant words in either...