Recent Neuroscience Research Using Brain Imaging Techniques Has Shown That

Multiple Choice

Recent neuroscience research using brain imaging techniques has shown that ____________ areas of the cortex are activated by the second rather than the first language in bilinguals who acquired their second spoken language after infancy. In those bilinguals who mastered both languages simultaneously in infancy and toddlerhood ____________, regions of the brain cortex are activated regardless of which of the two languages is being spoken.

A) the same; different
B) different; the same
C) verbal; phoneme
D) phoneme; verbal