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fMRI Syntactic and Lexical Repetition Effects Reveal the Initial Stages of Learning a New Language

Kirsten Weber, Morten H. Christiansen, Karl Magnus Petersson, Peter Indefrey and Peter Hagoort
Journal of Neuroscience 29 June 2016, 36 (26) 6872-6880; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3180-15.2016
Kirsten Weber
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6526 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
2Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 EN Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
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Morten H. Christiansen
3Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, and
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Karl Magnus Petersson
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6526 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
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Peter Indefrey
4Department of Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Peter Hagoort
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6526 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
2Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 EN Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3180-15.2016
PubMed 
27358446
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History 
  • Received August 24, 2015
  • Revision received May 10, 2016
  • Accepted May 14, 2016
  • First published June 29, 2016.
  • Version of record published June 29, 2016.
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Author Information

  1. Kirsten Weber1,2,
  2. Morten H. Christiansen3,
  3. Karl Magnus Petersson1,
  4. Peter Indefrey4, and
  5. Peter Hagoort1,2
  1. 1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6526 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
  2. 2Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 EN Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
  3. 3Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, and
  4. 4Department of Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: K.W., M.H.C., K.M.P., P.I., and P.H. designed research; K.W. performed research; K.W. analyzed data; K.W., M.H.C., K.M.P., P.I., and P.H. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received August 24, 2015.
    • Revision received May 10, 2016.
    • Accepted May 14, 2016.
  • This work was supported by a Toptalent PhD Grant from the NWO (Dutch Science Foundation), Grant 021.001.007. During the revisions of this paper, K.W. was supported by a fellowship from the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Kirsten Weber, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, PO Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, the Netherlands. E-mail: kirsten.weber{at}mpi.nl

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Kirsten Weber, Morten H. Christiansen, Karl Magnus Petersson, Peter Indefrey, Peter Hagoort
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Journal of Neuroscience 29 June 2016, 36 (26) 6872-6880; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3180-15.2016
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