Neural Stimulation Has a Long-Term Effect on Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition
Joint Authors
Pasqualotto, Achille
Kobanbay, Begüm
Proulx, Michael J.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Acquisition of a foreign language is a challenging task that is becoming increasingly more important in the world nowadays.
There is evidence suggesting that the frontal and temporal cortices are involved in language processing and comprehension, but it is still unknown whether foreign language acquisition recruits additional cortical areas in a causal manner.
For the first time, we used transcranial random noise stimulation on the frontal and parietal brain areas, in order to compare its effect on the acquisition of unknown foreign words and a sham, or placebo, condition was also included.
This type of noninvasive neural stimulation enhances cortical activity by boosting the spontaneous activity of neurons.
Foreign vocabulary acquisition was tested both immediately and seven days after the stimulation.
We found that stimulation on the posterior parietal, but not the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or sham stimulation, significantly improved the memory performance in the long term.
These results suggest that the posterior parietal cortex is directly involved in acquisition of foreign vocabulary, thus extending the “linguistic network” to this area.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pasqualotto, Achille& Kobanbay, Begüm& Proulx, Michael J.. 2015. Neural Stimulation Has a Long-Term Effect on Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pasqualotto, Achille…[et al.]. Neural Stimulation Has a Long-Term Effect on Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition. Neural Plasticity No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075388
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pasqualotto, Achille& Kobanbay, Begüm& Proulx, Michael J.. Neural Stimulation Has a Long-Term Effect on Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition. Neural Plasticity. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075388
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1075388