Study protocol: a comprehensive multi-method neuroimaging approach to disentangle developmental effects and individual differences in second language learning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While it is well established that second language (L2) learning success changes with age and across individuals, the underlying neural mechanisms responsible for this developmental shift and these individual differences are largely unknown. We will study the behavioral and neural factors that subserve new grammar and word learning in a large cross-sectional developmental sample. This study falls under the NWO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Dutch Research Council]) Language in Interaction consortium (website: https://www.languageininteraction.nl/ ).

Methods

We will sample 360 healthy individuals across a broad age range between 8 and 25 years. In this paper, we describe the study design and protocol, which involves multiple study visits c

SUBMITTER: Menks WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature