Language control in the bilingual brain

被引：377

作者：

Crinion, J.

Turner, R.

Grogan, A.

Hanakawa, T.

Noppeney, U.

Devlin, J. T.

Aso, T.

Urayama, S.

Fukuyama, H.

Stockton, K.

Usui, K.

Green, D. W.

Price, C. J. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] UCL, Wellcome Dept Imaging Neurosci, London WC1N 3BG, England

[2] Natl Ctr Neurol & Psychiat, Dept Cort Funct Disorders, Tokyo 1878502, Japan

[3] Kyoto Univ, Human Brain Res Ctr, Kyoto 6068507, Japan

[4] Max Planck Inst Biol Cybernet, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany

[5] Univ Oxford, Ctr Funct Magnet Resonance Imaging Brain, Oxford OX3 9DU, England

[6] UCL, Dept Psychol, London WC1E 6BT, England

来源：

SCIENCE | 2006年 / 312卷 / 5779期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1127761

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

How does the bilingual brain distinguish and control which language is in use? Previous functional imaging experiments have not been able to answer this question because proficient bilinguals activate the same brain regions irrespective of the language being tested. Here, we reveal that neuronal responses within the left caudate are sensitive to changes in the language or the meaning of words. By demonstrating this effect in populations of German-English and Japanese-English bilinguals, we suggest that the left caudate plays a universal role in monitoring and controlling the language in use.

引用

页码：1537 / 1540

页数：4

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