Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingual Reading Across the Lifespan

阅读能力是现代生活的核心。然而，尽管在全球范围内，双语阅读的人数超过了只会说一种语言的人，但关注双语阅读的实验工作相对较少。惠特福兹博士的认知神经科学研究项目将结合尖端的行为和神经成像技术，研究阅读过程是如何在童年时期发展起来的，以及单语者和双语者在一生中的进步。她的工作将提供宝贵的见解，指导旨在提高加拿大国内外识字率、劳动生产率和生活质量的公共政策，并导致我们在识别和治疗阅读障碍、与年龄相关的沟通障碍和精神健康障碍方面取得进展。

The ability to read is central to modern life. Yet relatively little experimental work has focused on reading in bilinguals, although they outnumber monolinguals globally. Dr. Whitfords cognitive neuroscience research program will combine cutting-edge behavioural and neuroimaging techniques to investigate how reading processes develop in childhood and progress across the lifespan in monolinguals and bilinguals alike. Her work will provide invaluable insights that will guide public policy aimed at improving literacy rates, labour productivity, and quality of life within Canada and beyond, and lead to advances in our the identification and treatment of reading disorders, age-related communication disorders, and mental health disorders.