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Presentation 2008-08-08 16:15
A NIRS study investigating the effects of English experience on preschoolers' brain activities during listening to story narrations
Suguru Maruyama, Akitsugu Konno (Tohoku Univ./JST), Souta Hidaka (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroshi Shibata (Kyoto Univ.), Michiyo Kurihara (Kokushikan Univ.), Akihiro Tanaka (Tilburg Univ.), Masatoshi Koizumi, Jiro Gyoba (Tohoku Univ./JST), Hiroko Hagiwara (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) TL2008-19
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We measured the preschoolers’ brain activities during listening to a story in Japanese (the first language), English (the second language), and Chinese (the unexposed foreign language) by using near-infrared spectroscopy. The preschoolers of 3-4 and 4-5 years old with lower exposure to English showed no significant brain activity regardless of the language they heard. In contrast, the preschoolers of 4-5 and 5-6 years old with higher exposure to English revealed significantly more brain activity for Japanese and English stories than for Chinese. These results suggest that the higher exposure to English facilitates the brain activity responsible for second language processing.
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(in English) English experience / language acquisition / measurement of brain activity / NIRS / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 108, no. 184, TL2008-19, pp. 41-44, Aug. 2008.
Paper # TL2008-19 
Date of Issue 2008-08-01 (TL) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee TL  
Conference Date 2008-08-08 - 2008-08-09 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Hotel Onikobe 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Human Sentence Processing and Production 
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Conference Code 2008-08-TL 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) A NIRS study investigating the effects of English experience on preschoolers' brain activities during listening to story narrations 
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Keyword(2) language acquisition  
Keyword(3) measurement of brain activity  
Keyword(4) NIRS  
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1st Author's Name Suguru Maruyama  
1st Author's Affiliation Tohoku University/JST (Tohoku Univ./JST)
2nd Author's Name Akitsugu Konno  
2nd Author's Affiliation Tohoku University/JST (Tohoku Univ./JST)
3rd Author's Name Souta Hidaka  
3rd Author's Affiliation Tohoku University (Tohoku Univ.)
4th Author's Name Hiroshi Shibata  
4th Author's Affiliation Kyoto University (Kyoto Univ.)
5th Author's Name Michiyo Kurihara  
5th Author's Affiliation Kokushikan University (Kokushikan Univ.)
6th Author's Name Akihiro Tanaka  
6th Author's Affiliation Tilburg University. (Tilburg Univ.)
7th Author's Name Masatoshi Koizumi  
7th Author's Affiliation Tohoku University/JST (Tohoku Univ./JST)
8th Author's Name Jiro Gyoba  
8th Author's Affiliation Tohoku University/JST (Tohoku Univ./JST)
9th Author's Name Hiroko Hagiwara  
9th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
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Date Time 2008-08-08 16:15:00 
Presentation Time 90 minutes 
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Paper # TL2008-19 
Volume (vol) vol.108 
Number (no) no.184 
Page pp.41-44 
#Pages 4 
Date of Issue 2008-08-01 (TL) 

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