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globalization takes down former barriers to trade, travel,
migration and communication, the world is finding more needs for
bilingualism. As we train more people in other languages, as
there are more marriages between people from different
countries, and as there are more children being raised in
bilingual households, the processes that produce and sustain a
bilingual brain are being examined more closely. Parallel to
this interest in bilingual brains is a development in technology
that allows us to examine functioning brains as they respond to
different stimuli. These new tests have much to offer in
exploring bilingual brains and they may re