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TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations
AU - Pereira Soares, Sergio Miguel
AU - Kubota, Maki
AU - Rossi, Eleonora
AU - Rothman, Jason
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/12/31
Y1 - 2021/12/31
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bilingualism
KW - Experience factors
KW - Neural oscillations
KW - rs-EEG
U2 - 10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105030
DO - 10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105030
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34634607
AN - SCOPUS:85116640054
VL - 223
JO - Brain and Language
JF - Brain and Language
SN - 0093-934X
M1 - 105030
ER -