Bilingual brain training: A neurobiological framework of how bilingual experience improves executive function

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-92

  Stocco, Andrea ^a   Yamasaki, Brianna ^a   Natalenko, Rodion ^a   Prat, Chantel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; Bilingualism; executive functions; inhibition; learning; prefrontal cortex; shifting; striatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892885369     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006912456617     Document Type: Article

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