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Neural bases of language switching in high and early proficient bilinguals
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The left inferior frontal cortex, the caudate and the anterior cingulate have been proposed as the neural origin of language switching, but most of the studies were conducted in low proficient bilinguals. In the present study, we investigated brain areas involved in language switching in a sample of 19 early, high-proficient Spanish-Catalan bilinguals using a picture naming task that allowed contrasting switch and non-switch trials. Compared to the non-switching condition, language switching elicited greater activation in the head of the left caudate and the pre-SMA/ACC. When the direction of the switching was considered, the left caudate was more associated with forward switching and the pre-SMA/ACC with backward switching. The discussion is focused on the relevance of these brain structures in language control in early, high-proficient bilinguals, and the comparison with previous results in late bilinguals.
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“language switching elicits a spatially-distributed activation pattern involving bilateral frontal regions, bilateral precentral areas, bilateral caudate, bilateral (or midline) pre-supplementary areas (pre-SMA), and bilateral temporal regions.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Garbin, G., Costa, A., Sanjuan, A., Forn, C., Rodriguez-Pujadas, A., Ventura, N., Belloch, V., Hernandez, M., & Ávila, C.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Jaume I (ES)
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Ávila, C.
- Venue
- Brain and Language
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-12
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 129-135
- ISSN
- 0093-934X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2170702244
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 4.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Brain and Language (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- language switching, bilingualism, early bilinguals, Catalan-Spanish bilinguals, anterior cingulate cortex, pre-supplementary motor area, left inferior frontal cortex, picture naming, language control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Time Factors, Multilingualism, Young Adult
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