Introduction
In Jones et. al study, on brain activation and differences of bilingual and monolingual activation response, the main implication of the study was to focus on two primary questions. The first question was where exactly brain response was in the brain when stimulated with a language task and the second being whether or not being bilingual or monolingual had something to do with the amount of brain activation during a stimulated task; this being picture naming and reading aloud in this particular experiment. The importance of these questions was to obtain a better understanding of the core cognitive functions surrounding language and what happens when the brain adapts to using 2 or more languages at a given time. Furthermore their hypothesis stated that the activation of the left hemisphere would be increasingly higher in bilingual participants than monolingual participants due to increasing demands on speech productivity. To test this hypothesis two groups were …show more content…
Beginning with Rodriguez. et.al studies suggesting that indeed bilinguals did have a response in both experiments; picture and articulation. Rodriguez et.al used the same experimental foundation to conduct their study on language with an emphasis on brain differences between monolinguals and bilinguals. They unlike Jones et. al, were trying to calculate whether or not if being bilingual would affect not only the native language but also the non-native language not being spoken. In order to do this the participants were presented with both languages at a given time, thus stimulating both areas of information. In the experiment conducted by Rodriguez. et.al, participants were placed in a setting where they were to identify and respond to various stimuli in an English and German paradigm similar to that of Jones study but with varying pictures and
In Jones et. al study, on brain activation and differences of bilingual and monolingual activation response, the main implication of the study was to focus on two primary questions. The first question was where exactly brain response was in the brain when stimulated with a language task and the second being whether or not being bilingual or monolingual had something to do with the amount of brain activation during a stimulated task; this being picture naming and reading aloud in this particular experiment. The importance of these questions was to obtain a better understanding of the core cognitive functions surrounding language and what happens when the brain adapts to using 2 or more languages at a given time. Furthermore their hypothesis stated that the activation of the left hemisphere would be increasingly higher in bilingual participants than monolingual participants due to increasing demands on speech productivity. To test this hypothesis two groups were …show more content…
Beginning with Rodriguez. et.al studies suggesting that indeed bilinguals did have a response in both experiments; picture and articulation. Rodriguez et.al used the same experimental foundation to conduct their study on language with an emphasis on brain differences between monolinguals and bilinguals. They unlike Jones et. al, were trying to calculate whether or not if being bilingual would affect not only the native language but also the non-native language not being spoken. In order to do this the participants were presented with both languages at a given time, thus stimulating both areas of information. In the experiment conducted by Rodriguez. et.al, participants were placed in a setting where they were to identify and respond to various stimuli in an English and German paradigm similar to that of Jones study but with varying pictures and