Reliable dynamic-video social feedback produces more widespread cortical activation, better positive/negative feedback differentiation, and greater impact on word learning than symbolic feedback¶

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q2 i? Social feedback had a greater overall impact on word learning, shown by correlations between ERP/pupillometry measures and post-training performance scores. → Ana Zappa 2025

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Ana Zappa 2025¶

Ana Zappa, Mel Slater & Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells. (2025). Social interaction shapes and boosts second language learning: virtual reality can show us how. npj Science of Learning 10:90. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00381-8

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In the same ERP/pupillometry study (Zappa et al., in press), correlations between ERP and pupillometry measures and post-training performance indicated a greater overall impact of social feedback on word learning. Correlational support only; no effect size printed.

"Furthermore, social feedback had a greater overall impact on word learning, as shown by correlations between the ERP and pupillometry measures and post-training performance scores (Zappa et al., in press)."

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