Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, New York University - Putting a Number on Bilingual Experience

Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, New York University - Putting a Number on Bilingual Experience

Published: July 27, 2026

Duration: 2:30

Putting a figure on a person’s bilingual experience can be daunting.

Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, assistant professor of psychology and neural science at New York University, looks into one way to do so.

Faculty Bio:

I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University. In my research, I combine insights from monolingual and multilingual individuals, who process language through speech or sign, to inform an inclusive and comprehensive neurobiology of language. My research combines data from neuroimaging, computational and behavioral methods with theoretical insights from linguistics, psychology and neuroscience.I...