This study shows that lung function influences Broca's area, with COPD patients showing altered brain activation and microstructure in speech-related regions.

DOI 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-25-00685

humanimaging

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 25, 2021

Cortical encoding during word reading in bilinguals: parallel interdigitated distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning

Shujie Geng, Wanwan Guo, Kunyu Xu…·Jianfeng Feng

The paper investigates neural mechanisms for word reading in bilinguals, finding divergent anatomical distributions but convergent cognitive processing across writing systems.

DOI 10.1101/2021.11.25.470068

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NeuroscienceBrain and LanguagePeer-reviewedJul 12, 2019

Microstructural plasticity in the bilingual brain

Daiyi Luo, Veronica P. Y. Kwok, Qing Liu…·Li Hai Tan

This study uses qMRI and fMRI to find that early second language acquisition enhances microstructural cortical development in bilinguals.

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humanimaging

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