Neural changes underlying successful second language word learning: An fMRI study

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-49

  Yang, Jing ^a,b   Gates, Kathleen Marie ^b   Molenaar, Peter ^b   Li, Ping ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective connectivity; FMRI; Individual differences; Second language word learning; Tonal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHONETICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84918524087     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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