@article{kzm 72077, author = {Esli Struys}, title = {Veel talen, één brein: Wat een studie van het meertalige kinderbrein ons leert over de effecten van verschillende vormen van tweedetaalverwerving}, volume = {64}, year = {2010}, url = {https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72077/}, issue = {0}, doi = {10.21825/kzm.v64i0.17468}, abstract = {<p>Multilingualism has become the norm rather than the exception in our global society. Previous<br>research has shown that bilingual children have advantages in cognitive control.<br>The reason for this is that during language control they recruit general executive brain<br>regions that are not specified for language. However, the bilingual advantage has been<br>contested by some studies.<br>This article reports the methodological setup of an ongoing research in Brussels that<br>tries to map the neural correlates, the origin and development of the assumed bilingual<br>advantage in cognitive control. This can be done by means of two conflict tasks that correspond<br>to the processes involved in multilingual language processing. Besides, two different<br>types of bilingualism are distinguished according to the sociolinguistic environment<br>the second language was acquired. Finally, implications for education will be discussed.</p>}, month = {1}, pages = {147-163}, issn = {2736-2175}, publisher={Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis}, journal = {Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis} }