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Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have conducted a study which demonstrates that sentences with complex grammar or unexpected meaning tend to stimulate the brain's key language processing centers significantly more than straightforward or nonsensical sentences. The study was led by Evelina Fedorenko, an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, and Greta Tuckute, a…

MIT neuroscientists have used an artificial language network to determine the type of sentences that most stimulate the brain's key language processing regions. Their study reveals that the brain reacts more to complex sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meaning. Straightforward sentences or nonsensical sequences show little engagement. The researchers focused on language processing regions…

A team of neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used an artificial language network to identify the type of sentences that activate the brain's critical language processing centres. The team learned that more complex sentences, which feature unusual grammar or unexpected meanings, generate strong responses from these centres, while straightforward sentences barely…