Brief repetitive exposure to new words causes a rapid neural response

A new study showed that repetitive exposure to new words creates a rapid onset of neural activity, believed to represent the process of memorization of the new word. Further, the participants’ prior experience with learning new languages dictated how quickly they would respond to new words that sound similar to their current language and those that sound different.

Summary here. Full research here.

Originally published at yourdailyscience.com on May 3, 2017.