The bilingual adaptation: How minds accommodate experience.

E Bialystok - Psychological bulletin, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
According to some estimates, more than half of the world's population is multilingual to some
extent. Because of the centrality of language use to human experience and the deep …

Neuroplasticity as a function of second language learning: Anatomical changes in the human brain

P Li, J Legault, KA Litcofsky - Cortex, 2014 - Elsevier
The brain has an extraordinary ability to functionally and physically change or reconfigure its
structure in response to environmental stimulus, cognitive demand, or behavioral …

Understanding structural plasticity in the bilingual brain: The Dynamic Restructuring Model

C Pliatsikas - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2020 - cambridge.org
Research on the effects of bi-and multi-lingualism on brain structure has so far yielded
variable patterns. Although it cannot be disputed that learning and using additional …

How does the bilingual experience sculpt the brain?

A Costa, N Sebastián-Gallés - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

Bilingual experience and resting-state brain connectivity: Impacts of L2 age of acquisition and social diversity of language use on control networks

JW Gullifer, XJ Chai, V Whitford, I Pivneva, S Baum… - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigated the independent contributions of second language (L2) age of acquisition
(AoA) and social diversity of language use on intrinsic brain organization using seed-based …

Neural correlates of cognitive processing in monolinguals and bilinguals

JG Grundy, JAE Anderson… - Annals of the new York …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we review the neural correlates of cognitive control associated with bilingualism. We
demonstrate that lifelong practice managing two languages orchestrates global changes to …

[HTML][HTML] Native language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain

X Wei, H Adamson, M Schwendemann, T Goucha… - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
Is the neuroanatomy of the language structural connectome modulated by the life-long
experience of speaking a specific language? The current study compared the brain white …

The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain

C Pliatsikas, E Moschopoulou… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Recent studies suggest that learning and using a second language (L2) can affect brain
structure, including the structure of white matter (WM) tracts. This observation comes from …

Understanding bilingual brain function and structure changes? U bet! A unified bilingual experience trajectory model

V DeLuca, K Segaert, A Mazaheri, A Krott - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2020 - Elsevier
A growing body of research shows that the brain adapts functionally and structurally to
specific bilingual experiences. These brain adaptations seem related to modulations in …

Effects of early and late bilingualism on resting-state functional connectivity

JA Berken, X Chai, JK Chen, VL Gracco… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Of current interest is how variations in early language experience shape patterns of
functional connectivity in the human brain. In the present study, we compared simultaneous …