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