Neurophysiological Correlates of Fast Mapping of Novel Words in the Adult Brain

Word acquisition could be mediated by the neurocognitive mechanism known as fast mapping (FM). It refers to a process of incidental exclusion-based learning and is believed to be a critical mechanism for the rapid build-up of lexicon, although its neural mechanisms are still poorly understood. To in...

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Main Authors: Marina J. Vasilyeva, Veronika M. Knyazeva, Aleksander A. Aleksandrov, Yury Shtyrov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00304/full