Jiajia Li, Chaofan Yao, Yongchao Li, Xia Liu, Ziyang Zhao, Yingying Shang, Jing Yang, Zhijun Yao, Yucen Sheng, Bin Hu
Previous studies have shown that language acquisition influences both the structure and function of the brain. However, whether the acquisition of a second language at different periods of life alters functional network organization in different ways remains unclear. Here, functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 27 English-speaking monolingual controls and 52 Spanish-English bilingual individuals, including 22 early bilinguals who began learning a second language before the age of ten and 30 late bilinguals who started learning a second language at age fourteen or later, were collected from the OpenNeuro database...
March 16, 2024: Brain Imaging and Behavior