Intersecting distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning across different languages in bilinguals

Shujie Geng; Wanwan Guo; Edmund T. Rolls; Kunyu Xu; Tianye Jia; Wei Zhou; Colin Blakemore; Li-Hai Tan; Miao Cao; Jianfeng Feng

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04446-5

Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Intersecting distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning across different languages in bilinguals

Shujie Geng,
Wanwan Guo,
Edmund T. Rolls,
Kunyu Xu,
Tianye Jia,
Wei Zhou,
Colin Blakemore,
Li-Hai Tan,
Miao Cao,
Jianfeng Feng

Affiliations

Shujie Geng: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Wanwan Guo: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Edmund T. Rolls: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Kunyu Xu: Institute of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Fudan University
Tianye Jia: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Wei Zhou: Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University
Colin Blakemore: Department of Neuroscience, City University of Hong Kong
Li-Hai Tan: Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration and Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
Miao Cao: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Jianfeng Feng: Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04446-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Functional MRI data from Chinese-English bilingual participants during a reading task reveals linguistic feature-specific accommodation and assimilation between first and second languages.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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