(Pushing) the Limits of Neuroplasticity Induced by Adult Language Acquisition

• Main Author: Maria Carmen Parafita Couto (auth)
• Other Authors: Niels Schiller (auth), Yiya Chen (auth), Leticia Pablos-Robles (auth), Patrick Wong (auth), Jurriaan Witteman (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Brain; Language; plasticity; bilingualism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Most adults attempt to learn a second or even third language at some point in their life. Since language exposure is one of the most intense cognitive training regimes one can encounter, it is not surprising that previous research has shown that multilingualism can induce profound change in the brai...