Clearing the Cobwebs From the Study of the Bilingual Brain: Converging Evidence From Laterality and Electrophysiological Research Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract Investigations of neuropsychological functioning in multiple language users offer much promise in answering questions originating from cognitive as well as bio-logical approaches to language. These include questions about the neural concomitants of bilingual lexical functioning, age of onset of bilingualism, degree of proficiency, and degree of overlap in language structure. There is by now a sizable body of experimental literature on the bilingual brain, including studies that have employed laterality procedures, electrophysiological measures, and hemodynamic measures. To date, few systematic attempts have been made to integrate findings from these different sources of evidence.

author list (cited authors)

  • Vaid, J.

complete list of authors

  • Vaid, Jyotsna

Book Title

  • Handbook of Bilingualism

publication date

  • February 2009