Neuroscience Has Proven True Which Statement About Young Bilingual Children

question 36

Multiple Choice

Neuroscience has proven true which statement about young bilingual children?

• A) Even though both languages reside in the same area of the brain, bilingual individuals are able to activate one language and temporarily inhibit the other.
• B) Different languages reside in different areas of the brain, thus allowing a bilingual individual to activate only one area at a time.
• C) Bilingual individuals of any age have difficulty with keeping the two languages totally separate when speaking.
• D) Since both languages reside in the same area of the brain, bilingual individuals consciously inhibit one language while speaking the other.

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