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Enhanced procedural learning of speech sound categories in a genetic variant of FOXP2.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 20 May 2015
Chandrasekaran Bharath, Yi Han-Gyol, Blanco Nathaniel J, McGeary John E, Maddox W Todd
Abstract excerpt
A mutation of the forkhead box protein P2 (FOXP2) gene is associated with severe deficits in human speech and language acquisition. In rodents, the humanized form of FOXP2 promotes faster switching from declarative to procedural learning strategies when the two learning systems compete. Here, we examined a polymorphism of FOXP2 (rs6980093) in humans (214 adults; 111 females) for associations with non-native...
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