Subcortical malleability as a result of cognitively challenging experiences: the case of bi-/multilingualism

Yee, J.'e., Kořenář, M., Sheehan, A. and Pliatsikas, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7093-1773 (2024) Subcortical malleability as a result of cognitively challenging experiences: the case of bi-/multilingualism. Current Opinion in Behavioural Sciences, 59. 101438. ISSN 2352-1546 doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101438

Abstract/Summary

Experience-based neuroplasticity in the healthy brain is a well-documented finding, with functional and structural adaptations in cortical and subcortical structures reported as the brain’s response to cognitively challenging experiences. These experiences include bi-/multilingualism: Speaking more than one language entails increased cognitive demands related to language acquisition, processing and control, which affect subcortical structures subserving these processes, including the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. This paper reviews evidence on bilingualism-induced subcortical neuroplasticity at the level of brain structure, function and metabolism, and explores how it interacts with brain decline. As such, it highlights bi-/multilingualism as a test case for studying long-term neuroplastic effects in the brain.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/117678
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101438
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN) Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Clinical Language Sciences Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Language and Cognition
Publisher	Elsevier
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