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Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Grey & Dr. Cristina Sanz have study published

Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Grey, Dr. Cristina Sanz, and Department alumna Dr. Kara Morgan-Short have had a series of first -of- its kind brain studies published on language immersion. 

This paper by K. Morgan-Short, I. Finger, S. Grey, and M.T. Ullman (2012). Second Language Processing Shows Increased Native-Like Neural Responses after Months of No Exposure. PLoS ONE, 7(3). e32974 together with a proceeding training paper by Dr. Cristina Sanz as well as fellow Georgetown researcher, Dr. Michael Ullman, has been gaining traction.

For more on the published study, please visit the following link:

http://www.georgetown.edu/news/medical-center-language-immersion-study.html

 

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