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Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. According to neuroscientists from Georgetown University Medical Centre, the brain's auditory lexicon, or catalogue of verbal language, is located in the front of the primary auditory cortex, not the rear - a discovery that challenges a century-long understanding of this part of the brain. The new knowledge is significant because it may have an influence on healing and rehabilitation following brain damage such as a stroke. Science News | Study Discovers How Brain Processes, Stores Words That We Hear.

Researchers studied brain activity in two bilingual groups: those who learned English and Chinese and those who learned English and French.