Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations

Pereira Soares, S. M., Kubota, M., Rossi, E., & Rothman, J. (2021). Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations. Brain and Language, 223: 105030. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105030.
This study uses resting state EEG data from 103 bilinguals to understand how determinants of bilingualism may
reshape the mind/brain. Participants completed the LSBQ, which quantifies language use and crucially the di-
vision of labor of dual-language use in diverse activities and settings over the lifespan. We hypothesized cor-
relations between the degree of active bilingualism with power of neural oscillations in specific frequency bands.
Moreover, we anticipated levels of mean coherence (connectivity between brain regions) to vary by degree of
bilingual language experience. Results demonstrated effects of Age of L2/2L1 onset on high beta and gamma
powers. Higher usage of the non-societal language at home and society modulated indices of functional con-
nectivity in theta, alpha and gamma frequencies. Results add to the emerging literature on the neuromodulatory
effects of bilingualism for rs-EEG, and are in line with claims that bilingualism effects are modulated by degree of
engagement with dual-language experiential factors
Publication type
Journal article
Publication date
2021

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