Neurocognitive Mechanisms for Language Learning through Input-Output Processing

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This study investigated into the process of comprehension (input) and production (output) of language as well as language learning through input/output processing by native Japanese speakers and Japanese language learners. Adopting the working hypothesis that neural networks are shaped through experience, we conducted behavioral, eye-tracking, and event-related potential experiments. We found that semantic inferences based on linguistic cues and forward predictions obtained by incremental processing of syntactic/semantic information play crucial roles in the processing and learning of language.