Executive control of language in the bilingual brain: Integrating the evidence from neuroimaging to neuropsychology

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Hervais Adelman, Alexis Georges ^a   Moser Mercer, Barbara ^b   Golestani, Narly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Basal ganglia; Bilingualism; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive control; Language switching; Parietal lobe; Simultaneous interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858443273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00234     Document Type: Article

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