title: Rapid consolidation of new knowledge in adulthood via fast mapping.
abstract: Rapid word learning, where words are 'fast mapped' onto new concepts, may help build vocabulary during childhood. Recent evidence has suggested that fast mapping might help to rapidly integrate information into memory networks of the adult neocortex. The neural basis for this learning by fast mapping determines key properties of the learned information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: m.coutanche@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marc N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Coutanche
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Thompson-Schill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D019579:Neocortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D014825:Vocabulary
keywords: consolidation; fast mapping; hippocampus; learning; memory