The Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Bilingual Language Switching and Non-Linguistic Task-Switching: Evidence from Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Previous research suggests that bilingual language control requires domain-general cognitive control. Recent research suggests that exploration of individual differences is key for understanding the relationship between bilingual language control and cognitive control. The current study used multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) to examine within-subject patterns of fMRI activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during bilingual language switching and non-linguistic task-switching. We hypothesized that bilinguals would have identifiable, within-subject patterns of DLPFC activity for both types of switching and that bilinguals and monolinguals would differ in patterns of DLPFC activity for task-switching. We were unable to identify patterns of DLPFC activity associated with bilin

SUBMITTER: Vaughn KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580812 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature