ERP and FMRI Measures of Brain Activity Indicate That Second-Language

question 39

Multiple Choice

ERP and fMRI measures of brain activity indicate that second-language processing is

• A) more lateralized, and also overlaps more with brain areas devoted to first-language processing, in older than in younger learners.
• B) less lateralized, and also overlaps less with brain areas devoted to first-language processing, in older than in younger learners.
• C) better developed in adults who take language classes than in young children who immigrated to the United States in infancy.
• D) shared between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, whereas first-language processing is primarily located in the right hemisphere.

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