Magnetoencephalography (MEG), with its direct view to the cortex through the magnetically
transparent skull, has developed from its conception in physics laboratories to a powerful …

Verbal language is the most widespread mode of human communication, and an
intrinsically social activity. This claim is strengthened by evidence emerging from different …

An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the
input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen …

Novel words can be recalled immediately and after little exposure, but require a post-
learning consolidation period to show word-like behaviour such as lexical competition. This …

Prior research has reported incidental vocabulary acquisition with complete beginners in a
foreign language (FL), within 8 exposures to auditory and written FL word forms presented …

We usually feel that we understand a familiar word “immediately”. However, even basic
aspects of the time-line of word recognition are still controversial. Different domains of …

We examined the role of sleep-related memory consolidation processes in learning new
form-meaning mappings. Specifically, we examined a Complementary Learning Systems …

Children learn new words every day and this ability requires auditory perception, phoneme
discrimination, attention, associative learning and semantic memory. Based on previous …

Being proficient in several foreign languages is an essential part of every-day life. In contrast
to childhood, learning a new language can be highly challenging for adults. The present …

The Stroop task is an excellent tool to test whether reading a word automatically activates its
associated meaning, and it has been widely used in mono-and bilingual contexts. Despite of …