Table 6.
Main effects of sentence structure, sentence form, and age group across ROIs for bilingual adults and children.
ROI | Sentence structure | Sentence type | Sentence form | Language group |
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Left DLPFC | RCs > Simple Sentences (p < 0.001) | Adults > Children (p < 0.01) | ||
Right DLPFC | RCs > Simple Sentences (p < 0.01) | OR > SVO (p < 0.001), SR (p < 0.01), and PAS (p < 0.001) | Adults > Children (p < 0.01) | |
MPFC | RCs > Simple Sentences (p < 0.001) | OR > SVO (p < 0.001), SR (p = 0.03), and PAS (p < 0.01) | Adults > Children (p < 0.01) | |
Left STG | RCs > Simple Sentences (p = 0.014) | Noncanonical > Canonical (p = 0.03) | ||
Left IPL | RCs > Simple Sentences (p < 0.01) | Adults > Children (p < 0.01) | ||
Left IFC | RCs > Simple Sentences (p = 0.014) |