Verbal working memory of Korean-English bilinguals: An fMRI study

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Kim, K K ^a   Byun, E ^a   Lee, S K ^b   Gaillard, W D ^c   Xu, B ^c   Theodore, W H ^c  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean English bilingual; Late acquisition; Verbal working memory; Word recognition task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KOREA; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77958504761     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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