Kim and Hersch (1997)

Question 1

What was the aim of the Kim and Hersch study?

Answer 1

To investigate the spatial relationship between age of language acquisition and parts of the brain

Question 2

What was the sample of the Kim and Hersch study

Answer 2

12 people 9 males and 3 females all right-handed or ambidextrous. 6 early bilinguals, 6 late bilinguals with similar fluencies

Question 3

Why were there only right-handed or ambidextrous people in the sample Kim and Hersch study?

Answer 3

Left-handedness is theorized to have different wiring in their brain than a right-handed person.

Question 4

What was the general procedure of the Kim and Hersch study?

Answer 4

• fMRI machines
• Think in specific language/about a specific time of day
• Randomization of differing/alternation of tasks

Question 5

What were the results of the Kim and Hersch study

Answer 5

Brocas(lang processing): Different activation sites between groups
Wernickes(lang comp): No differences for groups