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Language and communication
Humans create a society through communication, and language is its powerful tool to convey feelings and move people. Elucidation of the neural bases of these functions and their acquisition is expected to contribute to understanding humanity and to educational applications.
202011.19 Neural mechanisms of language learning from social contexts (Paper Publication) Posted in RESEARCH
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Humans learn languages in real-life situations by integrating multiple signals, including linguistic forms, meanings, and speakers' actions and intentions. However, little is known about the neural bases underlying the social learning of a second language (L2) in adults. To answer this question, we investigated brain mechanisms underlying social learning compared to transitional translation learning using fMRI. Based on our findings, we argue that social learning may strengthen the link from new L2 forms to rich L2 semantic representations wherein memory properties are embodied, multimodal, and richly contextualized. (Jeong)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X20301334