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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Neurocognitive investigation of syntactic processing on school-aged children: A cross-sectional study

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22242012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

HAGIWARA Hiroko  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 教授 (20172835)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) DAN Ippeita  自治医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (20399380)
HOSHINO Takahiro  名古屋大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20390586)
Research Collaborator SUGIURA Lisa  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 特任准教授
HOMAE Fumitaka  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 准教授
HATA Masahiro  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 特任研究員
YARIMIZU Hidekazu  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 博士前期課程
MATSUBA Hiroko  首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, リサーチアシスタント
Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Keywords統語処理 / 句構造規則 / 小学生の外国語学習 / 事象関連電位 / 近赤外分光法
Research Abstract

By using simultaneous functional near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and event-related potentials (ERPs), we investigated the stages of L2 syntactic processing in Japanese elementary school children who learn English at school. In the processing of sentences with word order violations, increased bilateral cortical activation was found in the high proficiency group with more left lateralization compared to the low proficiency group. The positive ERP component was also observed in the high proficiency group. These results suggest that children are gradually acquiring the ability to recognize L2 grammatical rules (phrase structure rules) by learning them in the foreign language context.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 Other

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 10 results) Presentation (3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Semantic categories and contexts of written words affect the early ERP component2013

    • Author(s)
      Hata, M., Homae, F., and Hagiwara, H.
    • Journal Title

      NeuroRepor

      Volume: 24(6) Pages: 292-297

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835f679d.

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of second language exposure on brain activity for language processing among preschoolers.2012

    • Author(s)
      Hidaka, S., (他5名), Hagiwara, H. and Koizumi, M
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Research

      Volume: 73 Pages: 73-79

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.neures.2012.02.004.

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Semantic relatedness between wordsn in each individual brain: An event-related potential study.2011

    • Author(s)
      Hata, M., Homae, F., and Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Letters

      Volume: 501(2) Pages: 72-77

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.neulet.2011.06.044

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An event-related potential investigation of lexical pitch-accent in auditory Japanese2011

    • Author(s)
      Koso, A., Ojima, S., and Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Brain Research

      Volume: 1385 Pages: 217-228

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.brainres.2011.02.008

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Age and amount of exposure to a foreign language during childhood: Behavioral and ERP data on the semantic comprehension of spoken English by Japanese children2011

    • Author(s)
      Ojima, S., Hoshino, T., and Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Research

      Volume: 70(2) Pages: 197-205

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.neures.2011.01.018

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Second language instinct and instruction effects: Nature and nurture in second language acquisition.2011

    • Author(s)
      Yusa, N., Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

      Volume: 23 (10) Pages: 2716-2730

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The acceleration of spoken-word processing in children's native-language acquisition: An ERP cohort study.2011

    • Author(s)
      Ojima, S.,(他2名)Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Neuropsy chologia

      Volume: 49(5) Pages: 790-799

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.007

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effects of development and foreign language activities on the semantic processing of native language in preschool children.2011

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, J., (他5名), Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Research

      Volume: 69 (3) Pages: 246-251

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.neures.2010.12.003.

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Neural correlates of foreign-language learning in childhood: A 3-year longitudinal ERP study2011

    • Author(s)
      Ojima, S., Hoshino, T., and Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

      Volume: 23(1) Pages: 183-199

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1162/jocn.2010.21425

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sound to language: different cortical processing for first and second languages in elementary school children as revealed by a large-scale study using fNIRS2010

    • Author(s)
      Sugiura, L., (他2名) Dan, I., Tsuzuki, D., Katura, T., and Hagiwara, H
    • Journal Title

      Cerebral Cortex

      Volume: 21(10) Pages: 2374-2393

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1093/cercor/bhr023

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Toward effective English education based on brain science2012

    • Author(s)
      Hagiwara, H.
    • Organizer
      The 16th Engineering Academy RoundTable-Meeting symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Fukuoka, Japan. [招待講演]
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-24
  • [Presentation] 脳はどのように言語を処理しているのか2012

    • Author(s)
      萩原裕子
    • Organizer
      日本私立小学校連合会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京. [招待講演]
    • Year and Date
      2012-08-22
  • [Presentation] 脳機能からみた外国語としての英語習得2012

    • Author(s)
      萩原裕子
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋. [招待講演]
    • Year and Date
      2012-06-02
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/hagiwara

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Published: 2014-08-29   Modified: 2014-09-06  

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