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 …

The interaction between language and working memory: a systematic review of fMRI studies in the past two decades

Z Deldar, C Gevers-Montoro, A Khatibi… - AIMS …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Language processing involves other cognitive domains, including Working Memory (WM).
Much detail about the neural correlates of language and WM interaction remains unclear …

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

J Yang, KM Gates, P Molenaar, P Li - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2015 - Elsevier
A great deal of research has examined behavioral performance changes associated with
second language learning. But what changes are taking place in the brain as learning …

Dynamic neural network reorganization associated with second language vocabulary acquisition: A multimodal imaging study

C Hosoda, K Tanaka, T Nariai, M Honda… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
It remains unsettled whether human language relies exclusively on innately privileged brain
structure in the left hemisphere or is more flexibly shaped through experiences, which …

Language learning in the adult brain: A neuroanatomical meta-analysis of lexical and grammatical learning

KM Tagarelli, KF Shattuck, PE Turkeltaub, MT Ullman - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Language learning as an adult, though often difficult, is quite common.
Nevertheless, the neural substrates of this process remain unclear, even though identifying …

Second language lexical development and cognitive control: A longitudinal fMRI study

AM Grant, SY Fang, P Li - Brain and language, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we report a longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study
that tested contrasting predictions about the time course of cognitive control in second …

Structural brain changes as a function of second language vocabulary training: Effects of learning context

J Legault, SY Fang, YJ Lan, P Li - Brain and Cognition, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research indicates that learning a second language (L2) results in both functional
and structural brain changes. However, few studies have examined whether structural brain …

[HTML][HTML] Second language word learning through repetition and imitation: Functional networks as a function of learning phase and language distance

L Ghazi-Saidi, AI Ansaldo - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Introduction and Aim: Repetition and imitation are among the oldest second language (L2)
teaching approaches and are frequently used in the context of L2 learning and language …

Functional connectivity of ventral and dorsal visual streams in posterior cortical atrophy

R Migliaccio, C Gallea, A Kas… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Background: Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) induces progressive dysfunction of ventral and
dorsal visual networks. Little is known, however, about corresponding changes in functional …

White matter plasticity during second language learning within and across hemispheres

X Wei, TC Gunter, H Adamson… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Adult second language (L2) learning is a challenging enterprise inducing neuroplastic
changes in the human brain. However, it remains unclear how the structural language …