Mapping individual aspects of bilingual experience to adaptations in brain structure.

ABSTRACT: Individual differences in using multiple languages are thought to differentially affect brain structure and function. The present study assessed the neuroanatomical predictions of an emerging theory, the Unifying the Bilingual Experience Trajectories framework, which provides the most comprehensive set of predictions of how individual differences in bilingual experiences lead to specific neural and cognitive adaptations. A total of 140 young adults with variable language experiences were scanned using magnetic resonance imaging and completed demographic questionnaires. Brain structure measures implicated in predictions of the Unifying the Bilingual Experience Trajectories model were extracted and regressed against the model's experiential factors. Consistent with the model's predictions, g

SUBMITTER: DeLuca V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature