VR-based interactive L2 vocabulary learning shows cortical-thickness correlations in right IPL across training and with delayed retention, unlike non-VR learning¶

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q2 i? After intensive L2 vocabulary training, VR learners showed a positive correlation between cortical thickness in right IPL and performance across all sessions, and right SMG cortical thickness correlated with delayed-retention accuracy only for the VR group. → Ping Li and Hyeonjeong Jeong 2020

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Ping Li and Hyeonjeong Jeong 2020¶

Ping Li and Hyeonjeong Jeong. (2020). The social brain of language: grounding second language learning in social interaction. npj Science of Learning 5:8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-020-0068-7

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The review reports Legault et al.'s structural brain study after 2–3 weeks of intensive vocabulary training across seven sessions. VR learners showed "a positive correlation in the right IPL with performance across all training sessions", while non-VR learners showed a correlation only at final stages in right IFG. Right SMG thickness correlated with delayed-retention accuracy for VR learners only.

"cortical thickness in the right SMG was correlated with higher accuracy scores of the delayed retention test, but only for the VR learning group"

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