Early but discontinued exposure to a language exerts lasting effects on white matter architecture in the brain.

Commun Biol · 2025 · PMC12623866 · PMID 41249842

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failed to reach significancep = 0.515not close (p > 0.1)

The same interaction failed to reach significance for the Mandarin group compared to the IA group ( b = −0.966, SE = 1.481, t = −0.652, p = 0.515).

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