Functional connectivity changes in second language vocabulary learning

Brain and Language

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-65

  Ghazi Saidi, Ladan ^a,b   Perlbarg, Vincent ^b,c   Marrelec, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Pélégrini Issac, Mélani ^b,c   Benali, Habib ^b,c   Ansaldo, Ana Inés ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Functional connectivity; Neural networks; Proficiency; Second language; Shallow and consolidation learning phases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SECOND LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871565229     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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