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dc.contributor.authorRessel, Volker
dc.contributor.authorPallier, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorVentura-Campos, Noelia
dc.contributor.authorDíaz Menéndez, Begoña
dc.contributor.authorRoessler, Abeba
dc.contributor.authorÁvila, César
dc.contributor.authorSebastián-Gallés, Núria
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-05T14:58:24Z
dc.date.available2020-11-05T14:58:24Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.identifier.citationRessel, Volker; Pallier, Christopher; Ventura-Campos, Noelia [et al.]. An effect of bilingualism on the auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 2012, 32(47), p. 16597–16601. Disponible en: <https://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/47/16597>. Fecha de acceso: 5 nov. 2020. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1996-12.2012ca
dc.identifier.issn0270-6474ca
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/1712
dc.description.abstractTwo studies (Golestani et al., 2007; Wong et al., 2008) have reported a positive correlation between the ability to perceive foreign speech sounds and the volume of Heschl's gyrus (HG), the structure that houses the auditory cortex. More precisely, participants with larger left Heschl's gyri learned consonantal or tonal contrasts faster than those with smaller HG. These studies leave open the question of the impact of experience on HG volumes. In the current research, we investigated the effect of early language exposure on Heschl's gyrus by comparing Spanish–Catalan bilinguals who have been exposed to two languages since childhood, to a group of Spanish monolinguals matched in education, socio-economic status, and musical experience. Manual volumetric measurements of HG revealed that bilinguals have, on average, larger Heschl's gyri than monolinguals. This was corroborated, for the left Heschl's gyrus, by a voxel-based morphometry analysis showing larger gray matter volumes in bilinguals than in monolinguals. Since the bilinguals in this study were not a self-selected group, this observation provides a clear demonstration that learning a second language is a causal factor in the increased size of the auditory cortex.ca
dc.format.extent5ca
dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherSociety for Neuroscienceca
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Neuroscienceca
dc.relation.ispartofseries32;47
dc.rights© 2012 the authorsca
dc.subject.otherBilingüismeca
dc.subject.otherEscorça cerebral
dc.subject.otherCatalà
dc.subject.otherCastellà
dc.subject.otherLlenguatge i llengües -- Ensenyament
dc.subject.otherBilingüismo
dc.subject.otherCorteza cerebral
dc.subject.otherLengua catalana
dc.subject.otherLengua castellana
dc.subject.otherLenguaje y educación
dc.subject.otherBilingualism
dc.subject.otherCerebral cortex
dc.subject.otherCatalan
dc.subject.otherSpanish
dc.subject.otherLanguage and languages -- Study and teaching
dc.titleAn effect of bilingualism on the auditory cortexca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.termscapca
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dc.subject.udc81ca
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1996-12.2012ca


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