SMRTR Science & EngineeringJun 23, 2026Science Daily

New brain study reveals speech learning works differently than we thought

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A McGill and Yale study found that speech learning depends more on sensory brain regions than motor regions, flipping long-held assumptions. When researchers disrupted auditory and somatosensory areas using brain stimulation, participants retained less of what they learned, while disrupting motor areas had little effect.

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