Fronto-Parietal Contributions to Phonological Processes in Successful Artificial Grammar Learning.

ABSTRACT: Sensitivity to regularities plays a crucial role in the acquisition of various linguistic features from spoken language input. Artificial grammar learning paradigms explore pattern recognition abilities in a set of structured sequences (i.e., of syllables or letters). In the present study, we investigated the functional underpinnings of learning phonological regularities in auditorily presented syllable sequences. While previous neuroimaging studies either focused on functional differences between the processing of correct vs. incorrect sequences or between different levels of sequence complexity, here the focus is on the neural foundation of the actual learning success. During functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), participants were exposed to a set of syllable sequences with an un

SUBMITTER: Goranskaya D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5100555 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature