Bilinguals Use Language-Control Brain Areas More Than Monolinguals to Perform Non-Linguistic Switchi...
Bilinguals Use Language-Control Brain Areas More Than Monolinguals to Perform Non-Linguistic Switching Tasks
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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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 design. Crucially, the task was designed such that...
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Bilinguals Use Language-Control Brain Areas More Than Monolinguals to Perform Non-Linguistic Switching Tasks
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1432296956
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1432296956
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0073028
