Abstract
One of the most important questions concerning language processing in the bilingual brain is whether the two languages share the same neural structure for comprehension [1-3].
Highlights
One of the most important questions concerning language processing in the bilingual brain is whether the two languages share the same neural structure for comprehension [1,2,3]
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Whole Brain Results: Whole brain activations during Chinese character and Japanese kanji semantic judgment tasks are shown in Figure 2 and Table 2
Summary
One of the most important questions concerning language processing in the bilingual brain is whether the two languages share the same neural structure for comprehension [1,2,3]. When the L1 and L2 have remarkably different configurations, for example one is alphabetic and the other is logographic, previous findings showed that processing of the L2 is greatly shaped by the L1, the two kinds of script were reported to elicit different activation patterns in native readers [12,13,14,15,16]. These studies suggest that neural network involved in semantic processing of visual word can be different across writing systems [17]. Chinese-Japanese or Japanese-Chinese Bilinguals are outstanding examples of those who have L1 and L2 presented with the same writing system - logogram
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