@article {374521,
	title = {Executive control in bilinguals: A concise review on fMRI studies.},
	journal = {Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016},
	pages = {699-705},
	abstract = {
	The investigation of bilingualism and cognition has been enriched by recent developments in\&nbsp;functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Extending how bilingual experience shapes\&nbsp;cognition, this review examines recent fMRI studies adopting executive control tasks with\&nbsp;minimal or no linguistic demands. Across a range of studies with divergent ages and language\&nbsp;pairs spoken by bilinguals, brain regions supporting executive control significantly overlap with\&nbsp;brain regions recruited for language control (Abutalebi \&amp; Green, this issue). Furthermore,\&nbsp;limited but emerging studies on resting-state networks are addressed, which suggest more\&nbsp;coherent spatially distributed functional connectivity in bilinguals. Given the dynamic nature of\&nbsp;bilingual experience, it is essential to consider both task-related functional networks (externally-driven\&nbsp;engagement), and resting-state networks, such as default mode network (internal control).\&nbsp;Both types of networks are important elements of bilingual language control that relies on\&nbsp;domain-general executive control.

},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728916000249},
	author = {Christos Pliatsikas and Luk, Gigi}
}
