German and Arabic native speakers have different connection strengths in specific parts of the brain's language circuit, researchers report February 19 in NeuroImage, hinting that the cognitive demands of our native languages physically shape the brain.

研究人员 2 月 19 日在《NeuroImage》杂志上报告称，母语为德语和阿拉伯语的人在大脑语言回路的特定部分具有不同的连接强度，这暗示我们母语的认知需求在物理上塑造了大脑。