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- Life as a Bilingual
- Life as a Bilingual
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Describing Bilinguals
- 2 The Extent of Bilingualism
- 3 Using Two or More Languages
- 4 Across the Life Span
- 5 Becoming Bilingual
- 6 Bilingualism in the Family
- 7 Children with Additional Needs
- 8 Second Language Learning
- 9 Biculturalism and Personality
- 10 When the Heart Speaks
- 11 Language Processing
- 12 The Bilingual Mind
- 13 The Bilingual Brain
- 14 Special Bilinguals
- 15 Reminiscing
- Index
- References
13 - The Bilingual Brain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2021
- Life as a Bilingual
- Life as a Bilingual
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Describing Bilinguals
- 2 The Extent of Bilingualism
- 3 Using Two or More Languages
- 4 Across the Life Span
- 5 Becoming Bilingual
- 6 Bilingualism in the Family
- 7 Children with Additional Needs
- 8 Second Language Learning
- 9 Biculturalism and Personality
- 10 When the Heart Speaks
- 11 Language Processing
- 12 The Bilingual Mind
- 13 The Bilingual Brain
- 14 Special Bilinguals
- 15 Reminiscing
- Index
- References
Summary
Research on the bilingual brain uses many approaches such as doing experiments with EEG (electroencephalogram), employing brain imaging techniques, and studying multilingual aphasia. These will be touched upon in this chapter.
Post 13.1 presents an impact on the results found.
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- Life as a BilingualKnowing and Using Two or More Languages, pp. 281 - 300Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021