Distinct roles of left inferior frontal regions that explain individual differences in second language acquisition

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2440-2452

  Sakai, Kuniyoshi L ^a,b   Nauchi, Arihito ^a,b   Tatsuno, Yoshinori ^a,b   Hirano, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Muraishi, Yukimasa ^a,b   Kimura, Masakazu ^c   Bostwick, Mike ^c   Yusa, Noriaki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Katoh Schools   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI GAKUIN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fMRI; Frontal cortex; Language acquisition; Sentence processing; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WRITING;

EID: 67650433749     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20681     Document Type: Article

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