Over a period of four days subjects were exposed to three hours of recorded Thai conversation, Japanese conversation, or music. On the fifth day all subjects learned to recognize (translate) ten Thai sentences in a paired associate type task. Type of exposure had no effect on response latency or rate of learning. In a post-criterion task subjects were provided translations and asked to produce the Thai sentences. Subjects exposed to Thai produced more words than subjects exposed to music or Japanese. Subjects exposed to Japanese produced words from fewer sentences than subjects exposed to music or Thai.
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