Cerebral mechanisms for different second language writing systems.

Journal article

In this fMRI study, we examined the cerebral processing associated with second language (L2) reading in different writing systems in late L2 learners. To examine the impacts of cross-linguistic differences between the first language (L1) and L2 on learning to read in L2, we employed a bidirectional approach and compared brain activation during single word processing in two groups of late L2 readers: (1) L2 readers of English whose L1 was Japanese (Japanese-L1/English-L2) and (2) L2 readers of...

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Authors: Koyama, MS; Stein, J; Stoodley, C; Hansen, P

• Journal: Neuropsychologia
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 2261-2270
• Publication date: 2013-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.08.002
• EISSN: 1873-3514
• ISSN: 0028-3932
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Functional Neuroimaging; Multilingualism; Language; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Cerebral Cortex; Neuropsychological Tests; Brain Mapping; Female; Writing; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Male