| Cognitive Neurosci 2nd Language Contributor(s): Gullberg, Marianne (Editor), Indefrey, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1405155426 ISBN-13: 9781405155427 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $55.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: The articles in this volume explore the cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition from the perspectives of critical/sensitive periods, maturational effects, individual differences, neural regions involved, and processing characteristics. The research methodologies used include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and event related potentials (ERP). Questions addressed include: Which brain areas are reliably activated in second language processing? Are they the same or different from those activated in first language acquisition and use? What are the behavioral consequences of individual differences among brains? What are the consequences of anatomical and physiological differences, learner proficiency effects, critical/sensitive periods? What role does degeneracy, in which two different neural systems can produce the same behavioral output, play? What does it mean that learners' brains respond to linguistic distinctions that cannot be recognized or produced yet? The studies in this volume provide initial answers to all of these questions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neuroscience |
| Dewey: 612.823 |
| LCCN: 2006015711 |
| Series: Language Learning-Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Cognitive Neurosciences |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.07 lbs) 356 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume explores the cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition from the perspectives of critical/sensitive periods, maturational effects, individual differences, neural regions involved, and processing characteristics. The research methods used include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and event related potentials (ERP).
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