Second Language Learning in Older Adults: Effects on Brain Structure and Predictors of Learning Success

It has previously been demonstrated that short-term foreign language learning can lead to structural brain changes in younger adults. Experience-dependent brain plasticity is known to be possible also in older age, but the specific effect of foreign language learning on brain structure in language-a...

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Main Authors: Jonna Nilsson, Rasmus Berggren, Benjamín Garzón, Alexander V. Lebedev, Martin Lövdén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2021.666851/full