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Brain white matter structure and COMT gene are linked to second-language learning in adults.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Jun 2016

Mamiya Ping C, Richards Todd L, Coe Bradley P, Eichler Evan E, Kuhl Patricia K

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Adult human brains retain the capacity to undergo tissue reorganization during second-language learning. Brain-imaging studies show a relationship between neuroanatomical properties and learning for adults exposed to a second language. However, the role of genetic factors in this relationship has not been investigated. The goal of the current study was twofold: (i) to characterize the relationship between brain...

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PMID: 27298360
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606602113
PMCID: PMC4932981

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