How does the bilingual experience sculpt the brain?

A Costa, N Sebastián-Gallés - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

Bilingual language processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies

S Sulpizio, N Del Maschio, D Fedeli… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Notwithstanding rising interest, a coherent picture of the brain's representation of two
languages has not yet been achieved. In the present meta-analysis we analysed a large …

The “Perceptual Wedge Hypothesis” as the basis for bilingual babies' phonetic processing advantage: New insights from fNIRS brain imaging

LA Petitto, MS Berens, I Kovelman, MH Dubins… - Brain and language, 2012 - Elsevier
In a neuroimaging study focusing on young bilinguals, we explored the brains of bilingual
and monolingual babies across two age groups (younger 4–6months, older 10–12months) …

A brief review on the use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for language imaging studies in human newborns and adults

V Quaresima, S Bisconti, M Ferrari - Brain and language, 2012 - Elsevier
Upon stimulation, real time maps of cortical hemodynamic responses can be obtained by
non-invasive functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) which measures changes in …

DTI reveals structural differences in white matter tracts between bilingual and monolingual children

SG Mohades, E Struys, P Van Schuerbeek, K Mondt… - Brain Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The impact of bilingualism on the microstructure of the white matter pathways related to
language processing is assessed in elementary school children by magnetic resonance …

Where, when and why brain activation differs for bilinguals and monolinguals during picture naming and reading aloud

Ō Parker Jones, DW Green, A Grogan… - Cerebral …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found that when bilinguals named
pictures or read words aloud, in their native or nonnative language, activation was higher …

Neuropsychological, cognitive, and theoretical considerations for evaluation of bilingual individuals

M Rivera Mindt, A Arentoft, K Kubo Germano… - Neuropsychology …, 2008 - Springer
As the number of bilinguals in the USA grows rapidly, it is increasingly important for
neuropsychologists to be equipped and trained to address the unique challenges inherent …

[HTML][HTML] How age of bilingual exposure can change the neural systems for language in the developing brain: A functional near infrared spectroscopy investigation of …

KK Jasinska, LA Petitto - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Is the developing bilingual brain fundamentally similar to the monolingual brain (eg, neural
resources supporting language and cognition)? Or, does early-life bilingual language …

Neurolinguistics: Structure, function, and connectivity in the bilingual brain

B Wong, B Yin, B O'Brien - BioMed research international, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in neuroimaging techniques and analytic methods have led to a proliferation of
studies investigating the impact of bilingualism on the cognitive and brain systems in …

Culture and the brain

N Ambady, J Bharucha - Current directions in psychological …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The goal of this article is to highlight recent work examining how culture affects neural
activation. We suggest a framework for cultural neuroscience in which there are two …