abd (version 0.1-21)

LanguageBrains: Brain Structure in Bilingual Humans

Description

Proficiency score (summary of reading, writing, and speech) in subjects' second language and density of gray matter in the left inferior parietal region.

Usage

data(LanguageBrains)

source

Mechelli, A., J.T. Crinion, U. Noppeney, J. O'Doherty, J. Ashburner, R.S. Frackowiak, and C.J. Price. 2004. Structural plasticity in the bilingual brain. Nature 431: 757.

Examples

data(LanguageBrains)
str(LanguageBrains)
xyplot(proficiency ~ greymatter, LanguageBrains)