Bilinguals use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals to perform non-linguistic switching tasks.

We tested the hypothesis that early bilinguals use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals when performing non-linguistic executive control tasks. We do so by exploring the brain activity of early bilinguals and monolinguals in a task-switching paradigm using an embedded critical trial d...

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Main Authors: Aina Rodríguez-Pujadas, Ana Sanjuán, Noelia Ventura-Campos, Patricia Román, Clara Martin, Francisco Barceló, Albert Costa, César Avila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24058456/?tool=EBI