| Título | Bilinguals Use Language-Control Brain Areas More Than Monolinguals to Perform Non-Linguistic Switching Tasks |
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| Autores | Rodriguez-Pujadas, Aina , Sanjuan, Ana , Ventura-Campos, Noelia , ROMÁN FERNÁNDEZ, PATRICIA ELENA, Martin, Clara D. , Barcelo, Francisco , Costa, Albert , Avila, Cesar |
| Publicación externa | Si |
| Medio | PLoS ONE |
| Alcance | Article |
| Naturaleza | Científica |
| Cuartil JCR | 1 |
| Cuartil SJR | 1 |
| Impacto JCR | 3.534 |
| Impacto SJR | 1.772 |
| Web | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84884142856&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0073028&partnerID=40&md5=441058cd43c6612589c03cda4a1edcfe |
| Fecha de publicacion | 13/09/2013 |
| ISI | 000324408400015 |
| Scopus Id | 2-s2.0-84884142856 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0073028 |
| Abstract | We tested the hypothesis that early bilinguals use language-control brain areas more than monolinguals when performing non-linguistic executive control tasks. We do so by exploring the brain activity of early bilinguals and monolinguals in a task-switching paradigm using an embedded critical trial design. Crucially, the task was designed such that the behavioural performance of the two groups was comparable, allowing then to have a safer comparison between the corresponding brain activity in the two groups. Despite the lack of behavioural differences between both groups, early bilinguals used language-control areas - such as left caudate, and left inferior and middle frontal gyri - more than monolinguals, when performing the switching task. Results offer direct support for the notion that, early bilingualism exerts an effect in the neural circuitry responsible for executive control. This effect partially involves the recruitment of brain areas involved in language control when performing domain-general executive control tasks, highlighting the cross-talk between these two domains. |
| Palabras clave | Adult; Brain; Brain Mapping; Executive Function; Female; Humans; Language; Linguistics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Multilingualism; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Questionnaires; Task Performance and Analysis; adult; anterior cingulate; article; bilingualism; brain region; caudate nucleus; cingulate gyrus; controlled study; executive function; female; functional magnetic resonance imaging; globus pallidus; human; human experiment; inferior frontal gyrus; language ability; language processing; male; mental task; middle frontal gyrus; monolingual; nerve cell network; neuroimaging; neuromodulation; normal human; precuneus; primary motor cortex; task performance |
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