White matter structure changes as adults learn a second language

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1664-1670

  Schlegel, Alexander A ^a   Rudelson, Justin J ^a   Tse, Peter U ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MODEL; MYELINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LANGUAGE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871677639     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00240     Document Type: Article

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