2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
English ability and cognitive change seen in brain images
| Project/Area Number |
26370696
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
KASAI Chise 岐阜大学, 地域科学部, 准教授 (90352450)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 第二言語習得 / バイリンガルの認知 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The current study investigated the effects of second language acquisition on learners' cognition. From psychological experiment it was revealed that there was a cognitive difference between high and low English proficiency groups. From an fMRI study, the results showed that even if the learner's second language proficiency was high, the brain regions responsible for processing second language grammar were different from that of native speakers. Also, it was found that working memory plays an important role for the process of second language grammar.
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| Free Research Field |
言語学
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