Language proficiency modulates the engagement of cognitive control areas in multilinguals

• Published in: Cortex Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 905 - 911
• Main Authors: Abutalebi, Jubin, Della Rosa, Pasquale A., Ding, Guosheng, Weekes, Brendan, Costa, Albert, Green, David W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Attention - physiology; Bilingual; Bilingualism; Bilingualism. Multilingualism; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Code Switching; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive control; Female; Functional Laterality - physiology; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Language; Language control; Language Processing; Language Proficiency; Language switching; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Multilingual; Multilingualism; Naming; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Language control; Language switching; Multilingual; Cognitive control; Bilingual; Human; Multilingualism; Central nervous system; Cognition; Basal ganglion; Experimental study; Encephalon; Verbal ability; Caudate nucleus; Language; Cingulate cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Bilingualism

Language proficiency should modulate the regions involved in language control in predictable ways during language switching. However, prior studies reveal inconsistent effects on the regions involved in language monitoring [pre-Supplementary Motor Area/Anterior Cingulate Cortex (pre-SMA/ACC)] and la...