Functional neuroanatomy of arithmetic in monolingual and bilingual adults and children.

ABSTRACT: Prior studies on the brain bases of arithmetic have not focused on (or even described) their participants' language backgrounds. Yet, unlike monolinguals, early bilinguals have the capacity to solve arithmetic problems in both of their two languages. This raises the question whether this ability, or any other experience that comes with being bilingual, affects brain activity for arithmetic in bilinguals relative to monolinguals. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to compare brain activity in 44 English monolinguals and 44 Spanish-English early bilinguals, during the solving of arithmetic problems in English. We used a factorial design to test for a main effect of bilingual Language Experience. Based on the known modulating roles of arithmetic operation and age, we used two

SUBMITTER: Brignoni-Perez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature