brain.pdf - 11/29/21 Ling 101 People and their language...

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Ling 101
People and their
language
Magda Oiry, Angelica Hill, Polina Kasyanova and Jia Ren
Linguistics Department
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Language and the Brain
Week 13
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How being bilingual change the way you look
at things?
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• Q: What do we know about the neurophysiological bases of bilingualism?
• Q: Do bilinguals represent or process different languages using different
areas of the brain?
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Answering these questions
• Do bilinguals represent or process different languages using different
areas of the brain? YES/NO
• Part of larger, older question: are different cognitive functions
localized in different areas of the brain? Yes
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