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Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations

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  • Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares
  • Maki Kubota
  • Eleonora Rossi
  • Jason Rothman
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Article number105030
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>31/12/2021
<mark>Journal</mark>Brain and Language
Volume223
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date8/10/21
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study uses resting state EEG data from 103 bilinguals to understand how determinants of bilingualism may reshape the mind/brain. Participants completed the LSBQ, which quantifies language use and crucially the division of labor of dual-language use in diverse activities and settings over the lifespan. We hypothesized correlations between the degree of active bilingualism with power of neural oscillations in specific frequency bands. Moreover, we anticipated levels of mean coherence (connectivity between brain regions) to vary by degree of bilingual language experience. Results demonstrated effects of Age of L2/2L1 onset on high beta and gamma powers. Higher usage of the non-societal language at home and society modulated indices of functional connectivity in theta, alpha and gamma frequencies. Results add to the emerging literature on the neuromodulatory effects of bilingualism for rs-EEG, and are in line with claims that bilingualism effects are modulated by degree of engagement with dual-language experiential factors.

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