Consequences of multilingualism for neural architecture

• Published in: Behavioral and brain functions Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6 - 24
• Main Authors: Hayakawa, Sayuri, Marian, Viorica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 25.03.2019; BMC
• Subjects: Aging; Bilingualism; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Brain research; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; Cognitive function; Competition; Experience-dependent plasticity; Eye movements; Female; Humans; Information processing; Language; Language experience; Linguistics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Memory; Multilingualism; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Neuronal Plasticity - physiology; Neuroplasticity; Phonology; Review; Semantics; Structure-function relationships; Neuroplasticity; Multilingualism; Executive control; Language experience; Bilingualism; Experience-dependent plasticity; Cognitive function; Speech processing; Language learning

Language has the power to shape cognition, behavior, and even the form and function of the brain. Technological and scientific developments have recently yielded an increasingly diverse set of tools with which to study the way language changes neural structures and processes. Here, we review researc...