04-Sep-2008
Story Timeline: 91 days
Exposure to a particular discipline's jargon—in this case, hockey—increases the brain's ability to process that language. Karen Hopkin reports [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] [Sports announcer:] “Hello and welcome to Sports Update. In NHL action: with two seconds left in OT, Penguins’ winger Jean Jejune nailed a wrist shot from the point that sent the puck skidding through the five-hole.”...
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