Bilingual cognitive control in language switching: an fMRI study of English-Chinese late bilinguals.

ABSTRACT: The present study explored the bilingual cognitive control mechanism by comparing Chinese-English bilinguals' language switching in a blocked picture naming paradigm against three baseline conditions, namely the control condition (a fixation cross, low-level baseline), single L1 production (Chinese naming, high-level baseline), and single L2 production (English naming, high-level baseline). Different activation patterns were observed for language switching against different baseline conditions. These results indicate that different script bilingual language control involves a fronto-parietal-subcortical network that extends to the precentral gyrus, the Supplementary Motor Area, the Supra Marginal Gyrus, and the fusiform. The different neural correlates identified across different compariso

SUBMITTER: Ma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4152243 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature