TY  - JOUR
A1  - Perani, Daniela
A1  - Abutalebi, Jubin
T1  - The neural basis of first and second language processing
N2  - Fundamental breakthroughs in the neurosciences, combined with technical innovations for measuring brain activity, are shedding new light on the neural basis of second language (L2) processing, and on its relationship to native language processing (L1). The long-held assumption that L1 and L2 are necessarily represented in different brain regions in bilinguals has not been confirmed. On the contrary, the available evidence indicates that L1 and L2 are processed by the same neural devices. The neural differences in L1 and L2 representations are only related to the specific computational demands, which vary according to the age of acquisition, the degree of mastery and the level of exposure to each language. Finally, the acquisition of L2 could be considered as a dynamic process, requiring additional neural resources in specific circumstances
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0959-4388
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TY  - JOUR
A1  - Vitali, P.
A1  - Abutalebi, Jubin
A1  - Tettamanti, M.
A1  - Rowe, J.
A1  - Scifo, P.
A1  - Fazio, F.
A1  - Cappa, Stefano F.
A1  - Perani, Daniela
T1  - Generating animal and tool names : an fMRI study of effective connectivity
N2  - The present fMRI study of semantic fluency for animal and tool names provides further evidence for category- specific brain activations, and reports task-related changes in effective connectivity among defined cerebral regions. Two partially segregated systems of functional integration were highlighted: the tool condition was associated with an enhancement of connectivity within left hemispheric regions, including the inferior prefrontal and premotor cortex, the inferior parietal lobule and the temporo-occipital junction; the animal condition was associated with greater coupling among left visual associative regions. These category-specific functional differences extend the evidence for anatomical specialization to lexical search tasks, and provide for the first time evidence of category-specific patterns of functional integration in word-retrieval. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0093-934X
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TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wartenburger, Isabell
A1  - Heekeren, Hauke R.
A1  - Abutalebi, Jubin
A1  - Cappa, Stefano F.
A1  - Villringer, Arno
A1  - Perani, Daniela
T1  - Early setting of grammatical processing in the bilingual brain
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://www.cell.com/neuron/home
SN  - 0896-6273
ER  -