The neuroprotective effects of bilingualism upon the inferior parietal lobule: A Structural Neuroimaging Study in Aging Chinese Bilinguals

It is a timely issue to understand the impact of bilingualism upon brain structure in healthy aging and upon cognitive decline given evidence of its neuroprotective effects. Plastic changes induced by bilingualism were reported in young adults in the left inferior parietal lobule (LIPL) and its righ...

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Published in:	Journal of neurolinguistics Vol. 33; pp. 3 - 13
Main Authors:	Abutalebi, Jubin, Canini, Matteo, Della Rosa, Pasquale A., Green, David W., Weekes, Brendan S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2015
Subjects:	Aging Bilingualism Chinese languages Inferior parietal lobule Neuroimaging Voxel based morphometry Neuroimaging Aging Chinese languages Voxel based morphometry Bilingualism Inferior parietal lobule
ISSN:	0911-6044, 1873-8052
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