Singh, Nandini Chatterjee and Rajan, Archith and Ramanujan, Keerthi and Canini, Matteo and Della Rose, Pasquale A and Raghunathan, Partha and Weeker, Brendan and Abutalebi, Jubin (2018) Microstructural anatomical differences between bilinguals and monolinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21 (5). pp. 995-1008.

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Abstract

DTI is an established method to study cerebral white-matter microstructure. Two established measures of DTI are fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) and both differ for bilingual and monolingual speakers. Less is known about differences in two other measures called radial (RD) and axial diffusivity (AD). We report differences in mean RD and AD-values in the right superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) and forceps minor between bilingual (Hindi–English) and monolingual (English) speakers as well as differences in mean FA-values in the anterior thalamic radiation, right inferior fronto-occipital and inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) and mean MD-values in forceps minor and bilateral SLF. Noteworthy, a positive correlation between L2 proficiency and mean RD-values in the right SLF was observed. We suggest that changes in the geometry of white matter tracts reflect regular bilingual language experience and contend that neuroplasticity in right SLF results from demands on cognitive control for bilingual speakers.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Neurodegenerative Disorders Neuro-Oncological Disorders Neurocognitive Processes Neuronal Development and Regeneration Informatics and Imaging Genetics and Molecular Biology
Depositing User:	Dr. D.D. Lal
Date Deposited:	10 May 2018 05:25
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2021 09:17
URI:	http://nbrc.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/353

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