Formation of neocortical memory circuits for unattended written word forms: neuromagnetic evidence.

ABSTRACT: To master linguistic communication, humans must acquire large vocabularies quickly and effortlessly. Efficient word learning might be facilitated by the ability to rapidly acquire novel word forms even outside the focus of attention, occurring within minutes of repetitive exposure and suggesting fast and automatic lexicon acquisition. However, this phenomenon has been studied in the auditory modality only, and it is unknown whether similar mechanisms also exist in the visual domain. We tested this by presenting participants with novel written word forms while the focus of their attention was on a non-linguistic dual colour-detection task. Matched familiar word forms served as a control. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), we scrutinised changes in neuromagnetic responses to familiar and to

SUBMITTER: Partanen EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6202413 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature