Language comprehension in the bilingual brain: fMRI and ERP support for psycholinguistic models

WJB Van Heuven, T Dijkstra - Brain research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review issues in bilingual language comprehension in the light of functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and event-related brain potential (ERP) data. Next, we …

Multilingualism and the brain

E Higby, J Kim, LK Obler - Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Over the last decade, research on multilingualism has grown and has provided researchers
with new insights into the mechanisms at work in the multilingual brain. While some studies …

Declarative and procedural determinants of second languages

M Paradis - Declarative and Procedural Determinants of Second …, 2009 - torrossa.com
Declarative and Procedural. Determinants of Second Languages Page 1 S T U D IE S IN B IL IN G
U A L IS M Michel Paradis Declarative and Procedural Determinants of Second Languages john …

The role of proficiency and working memory in gender and number agreement processing in L1 and L2 Spanish

N Sagarra, J Herschensohn - Lingua, 2010 - Elsevier
Most adult learners cannot attain native competence in a second language (L2). Some
approaches maintain that L2 learners cannot access features unavailable in L1 after puberty …

Individual differences in false memory from misinformation: Cognitive factors

B Zhu, C Chen, EF Loftus, C Lin, Q He, C Chen, H Li… - Memory, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This research investigated the cognitive correlates of false memories that are induced by the
misinformation paradigm. A large sample of Chinese college students (N= 436) participated …

A meta‐analysis of hemodynamic studies on first and second language processing: Which suggested differences can we trust and what do they mean?

P Indefrey - Language learning, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the results of a meta‐analysis of 30 hemodynamic experiments
comparing first language (L1) and second language (L2) processing in a range of tasks. The …

Memory, psychology and second language learning

M Randall - 2007 - torrossa.com
This book aims to review the work done in psychology and linguistics on language
processing and to relate it to the learning of a second language. It is aimed at the student …

Neural bases of asymmetric language switching in second-language learners: An ER-fMRI study

Y Wang, G Xue, C Chen, F Xue, Q Dong - NeuroImage, 2007 - Elsevier
Using the ER-fMRI technique, the present study was designed to investigate the neural
substrates of language switching among second-language learners. Twelve Chinese …

Sustained and transient language control in the bilingual brain

Y Wang, PK Kuhl, C Chen, Q Dong - NeuroImage, 2009 - Elsevier
Bilingual speakers must have effective neural mechanisms to control and manage their two
languages, but it is unknown whether bilingual language control includes different control …

Language experience shapes fusiform activation when processing a logographic artificial language: an fMRI training study

G Xue, C Chen, Z Jin, Q Dong - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
The significant role of the left midfusiform cortex in reading found in recent neuroimaging
studies has led to the visual word form area (VWFA) hypothesis. This hypothesis suggests …