An fMRI study of level of proficiency as a predictor of neurocognitive convergence for L1/L2 during a lexicosemantic task in a paediatric population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11656192 |
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| Authors | Katrien Mondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author), Danielle Balériaux (Université Libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme), Thierry Metens (0000-0002-3404-7224, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme), Philippe Paquier (0000-0001-8565-7754, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme and Universiteit Antwerpen), Piet van de Craen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Maurits van den Noort (0000-0003-0383-8733, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Vincent Denolin (Université Libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-134 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658308098998 |
| OpenAlex | W1970109598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
Studies on bilingualism from a neurocognitive perspective have begun to attract considerable interest recently. Contextual variables — such as age of acquisition, level of proficiency and frequency of use — have been identified as significantly impacting on the convergence or divergence of representations in first language (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition. The neurocognitive effect of bilingualism in paediatric populations, nevertheless, has not been widely investigated. Results from recent bilingual neuroimaging studies of word processing are discussed and compared to results obtained from a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of bilingual primary school children executing a productive lexicosemantic task. Previous studies indicate `level of proficiency' as a determinant of convergence of L1/L2 patterns during lexicosemantic tasks. Our results suggest that level of proficiency may be an inadequate predictor of convergence at least in paediatric populations, and demonstrate early influence of sequential bilingualism on the mother tongue as well
Age of Acquisition · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Convergence (economics · Developmental psychology · First language · Functional magnetic resonance imaging · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Neural correlates of consciousness · Neurocognitive · Neuroimaging · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Psycholinguistics · Task (project management · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |