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ArticleJournal of neurolinguistics2015

The nature of the language input affects brain activation during learning from a natural language.

Elena Plante, Dianne Patterson, Rebecca Gómez, Kyle R Almryde, Milo G White, Arve E Asbjørnsen

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Article in Journal of neurolinguistics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Elena PlanteThe University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences PO Box 210071, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0071, USA.
Dianne PattersonThe University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences PO Box 210071, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0071, USA.
Rebecca GómezThe University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences PO Box 210071, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0071, USA.
Kyle R AlmrydeThe University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences PO Box 210071, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0071, USA.
Milo G WhiteThe University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences PO Box 210071, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0071, USA.
Arve E AsbjørnsenUniversity of Bergen Department of Biological and Medical Psychology University of Bergen Jonas Lies vei 91 5009 Bergen Norway.

Funding

Imaging Learning in Developmental Language DisorderR01DC011276 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI PLANTE, ELENA M · 2011 to 2015
$2.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC011276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial language studies have demonstrated that learners are able to segment individual word-like units from running speech using the transitional probability information. However, this skill has rarely been examined in the context of natural languages, where stimulus parameters can be quite different. In this study, two groups of English-speaking learners were exposed to Norwegian sentences over the course of three fMRI scans. One group was provided with input in which transitional probabilities predicted the presence of target words in the sentences. This group quickly learned to identify the target words and fMRI data revealed an extensive and highly dynamic learning network. These results were markedly different from activation seen for a second group of participants. This group was provided with highly similar input that was modified so that word learning based on syllable co-occurrences was not possible. These participants showed a much more restricted network. The results demonstrate that the nature of the input strongly influenced the nature of the network that learners employ to learn the properties of words in a natural language.

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fMRIlanguagesecond language acquisitionstatistical learningtransitional probabilities

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PMID26257471
PMCPMC4525712

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