Greater Pattern Similarity between Mother Tongue and Second Language in the Right ATL Facilitates Understanding of Written Language

Copyright © 2024 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

Previous research has mapped out the brain regions that respond to semantic stimuli presented visually and auditorily, but there is debate about whether semantic representation is modality-specific (only written or only spoken) or modality-invariant (both written and spoken). The mechanism of semantic representation underlying native (L1) and second language (L2) comprehension in different modalities as well as how this mechanism is influenced by L2 proficiency, remains unclear. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from the OpenNEURO database to calculate neural pattern similarity across native and second languages (Spanish and English) for different input modalities (written and spoken) and learning sessions (before and after training). The correlations between behavioral performance and cross-language pattern similarity for L1 and L2 were also calculated. Spanish-English bilingual adolescents (N = 24; ages 16-17; 19 girls) participated in a 3-month English immersion after-school program. As L2 proficiency increased, greater cross-language pattern similarity between L1 and L2 spoken words was observed in the left pars triangularis. Cross-language pattern similarity between L1 and L2 written words was observed in the right anterior temporal lobe. Brain-behavior correlations indicated that increased cross-language pattern similarity between L1 and L2 written words in the right anterior temporal lobe was associated with L2 written word comprehension. This study identified an effective neurofunctional predictor related to L2 written word comprehension.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:544

Enthalten in:

Neuroscience - 544(2024) vom: 19. Apr., Seite 117-127

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dong, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Leilei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xinyi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Wenjing [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Aoke [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Genyi [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

FMRI
Journal Article
Language comprehension
Learning sessions
Representational similarity analysis
Spoken words

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.02.030

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369374525