Neural convergence for language comprehension and grammatical class production in highly proficient bilinguals is independent of age of acquisition

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1252-1258

  Consonni, Monica ^a   Cafiero, Riccardo ^a   Marin, Dario ^b   Tettamanti, Marco ^c   Iadanza, Antonella ^c   Fabbro, Franco ^b   Perani, Daniela ^a,c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Bilingualism; Exposure; FMRI; Proficency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CEREBELLUM; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRECUNEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876713285     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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