In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 123, No. 5_Supplement ( 2008-05-01), p. 3890-3890
Abstract:
Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence shows that bilinguals experience interference and competition during bilingual processing. The neural basis of bilingual language control is not well understood. Using mixed blocked and event-related design, the present study explored the sustained and transient activations during bilingual control. 15 Chinese-English bilingual speakers were scanned when they performed language switching tasks. The results showed that, compared to single language condition, the mixed language condition (sustained control) induced the activation in the bilateral prefrontal (BA6/BA8/BA10), middle frontal (BA45/46) and parietal lobes (BA7/ BA40/BA49); In contrast, relative to the no switch condition, language switching (transient control) activated the left superior, inferior parietal lobe (BA2/ BA40) and middle frontal (BA11/46). These results suggested that sustained and transient language control induced differential lateral activation patterns.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
2008
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1461063-2
