Japanese and English sentence reading comprehension and writing systems: An fMRI study of first and second language effects on brain activation

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-151

  Buchweitz, Augusto ^a   Mason, Robert A ^a   Hasegawa, Mihoko ^b   Just, Marcel A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 74349090275     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728908003970     Document Type: Article

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