Human brain potentials to reading syntactic errors in sentences of different complexity

被引:44
作者
Munte, TF [1 ]
Szentkuti, A [1 ]
Wieringa, BM [1 ]
Matzke, M [1 ]
Johannes, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT COGNIT SCI,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
关键词
event-related potentials; syntactic violation; N400; P600;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00719-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
In order to determine if an event-related brain potential (ERP) effect described for syntactic violations (P600/SPS) varies with the amount of reprocessing entailed by a violation, number incongruencies were presented either within simple declarative or within subordinate clauses. ERPs were recorded while 12 German subjects read the stimulus materials presented word by word on a video monitor. The ERPs showed a P600/SPS effect for all sentence types, which was smallest in amplitude and earliest in latency for simple declarative sentences. This effect therefore qualifies as a metric for the amount and timing of syntactic reprocessing entailed by a syntactic error. In addition, a late frontal negativity (1000-1400 ms range) was found for the simple declarative sentences. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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页码:105 / 108
页数:4
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