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A Meta‐analysis of Hemodynamic Studies on First and Second Language Processing: Which Suggested Differences Can We Trust and What Do They Mean?

Year: 2006

Type: article

Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Abstract: This article presents the results of a meta‐analysis of 30 hemodynamic experiments comparing first language (L1) and second language (L2) processing in a range of tasks. The results suggest that reliably stronger activation during L2 processing is found (a) only for task‐specific subgroups of L2 speakers and (b) within some, but not all regions that are also typically activated in native language processing. A tentative interpretation based on the functional roles of frontal and temporal regions is suggested.

Source: Language Learning

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00365.x

Author: Peter Indefrey

Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1517832976

FWCI: 5.03

Cites: 47

Cited by: 277

Related to: 10