October 25, 2011

The UTSA Neurosciences institute hosted a distinguished panel of language neurobiologists for a symposium on "The Bilingual Brain."  This discussion, recorded after the day's talks, has Salma Quraishi leading the group in covering a wide range of topics, including the cognitive advantages conferred by bilingualism, cross-modal bilingualism and critical periods for language acquisition.

Participants:

Karen Emmorey (San Diego State)

Judith Kroll (Penn State)

Lee Osterhout (UW Seattle)

Salma Quraishi (UTSA)

Nicole Wicha (UTSA)

Charles Wilson (UTSA)

Duration: 36 minutes

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.