Better Phonological Short-Term Memory Is Linked to Improved Cortical Memory Representations for Word Forms and Better Word Learning

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorYlinen, Sarien_US
dc.contributor.authorNora, Annien_US
dc.contributor.authorService, Elisabeten_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineeringen
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Helsinkien_US
dc.contributor.organizationMcMaster Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T11:08:07Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T11:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-05en_US
dc.description.abstractLanguage learning relies on both short-term and long-term memory. Phonological short-term memory (pSTM) is thought to play an important role in the learning of novel word forms. However, language learners may differ in their ability to maintain word representations in pSTM during interfering auditory input. We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate how pSTM capacity in better and poorer pSTM groups is linked to language learning and the maintenance of pseudowords in pSTM. In particular, MEG was recorded while participants maintained pseudowords in pSTM by covert speech rehearsal, and while these brain representations were probed by presenting auditory pseudowords with first or third syllables matching or mismatching the rehearsed item. A control condition included identical stimuli but no rehearsal. Differences in response strength between matching and mismatching syllables were interpreted as the phonological mapping negativity (PMN). While PMN for the first syllable was found in both groups, it was observed for the third syllable only in the group with better pSTM. This suggests that individuals with better pSTM maintained representations of trisyllabic pseudowords more accurately during interference than individuals with poorer pSTM. Importantly, the group with better pSTM learned words faster in a paired-associate word learning task, linking the PMN findings to language learning.en
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dc.identifier.citationYlinen, S, Nora, A & Service, E 2020, ' Better Phonological Short-Term Memory Is Linked to Improved Cortical Memory Representations for Word Forms and Better Word Learning ', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 14, 209, pp. 1-12 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00209en
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fnhum.2020.00209en_US
dc.identifier.issn1662-5161
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/45335
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202007034292
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dc.publisherFRONTIERS MEDIA SA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCEen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 14en
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dc.titleBetter Phonological Short-Term Memory Is Linked to Improved Cortical Memory Representations for Word Forms and Better Word Learningen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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