Brain Responses before and after Intensive Second Language Learning: Proficiency Based Changes and First Language Background Effects in Adult Learners

Erin Jacquelyn White; Fred Genesee; Karsten Steinhauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052318

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Brain Responses before and after Intensive Second Language Learning: Proficiency Based Changes and First Language Background Effects in Adult Learners

Erin Jacquelyn White ,

* E-mail: erin.white@mail.mcgill.ca (EW); karsten.steinhauer@mcgill.ca (KS)

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Fred Genesee,

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Karsten Steinhauer

* E-mail: erin.white@mail.mcgill.ca (EW); karsten.steinhauer@mcgill.ca (KS)

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Brain Responses before and after Intensive Second Language Learning: Proficiency Based Changes and First Language Background Effects in Adult Learners

Erin Jacquelyn White,
Fred Genesee,
Karsten Steinhauer

Published: December 26, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052318

About the Authors

Erin Jacquelyn White

* E-mail: erin.white@mail.mcgill.ca (EW); karsten.steinhauer@mcgill.ca (KS)

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Fred Genesee

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Karsten Steinhauer

* E-mail: erin.white@mail.mcgill.ca (EW); karsten.steinhauer@mcgill.ca (KS)

Affiliations Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, Montreal, Canada, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJW FG KS. Performed the experiments: EJW. Analyzed the data: EJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJW KS. Wrote the paper: EJW.

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