Neurobiological signatures of L2 proficiency: Evidence from a bi-directional cross-linguistic study

Publication date: Available online 12 November 2018Source: Journal of NeurolinguisticsAuthor(s): Henry Brice, William Einar Mencl, Stephen J. Frost, Atira Sara Bick, Jay G. Rueckl, Kenneth R. Pugh, Ram FrostAbstractRecent evidence has shown that convergence of print and speech processing across a network of primarily left-hemisphere regions of the brain is a predictor of future reading skills in children, and a marker of fluent reading ability in adults. The present study extends these findings into the domain of second-language (L2) literacy, through brain imaging data of English and Hebrew L2 learners. Participants received an fMRI brain scan, while performing a semantic judgement task on spoken and written words and pseudowords in both their L1 and L2, alongside a battery of L1 and L2 b...

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