Effect of word association on linguistic event-related potentials in moderately to mildly constraining sentences

6Citations
Citations of this article
23Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

This article is free to access.

Abstract

The processing of word associations in sentence context depends on several factors. EEG studies have shown that when the expectation of the upcoming word is high (high semantic constraint), the within-sentence word association plays a negligible role, whereas in the opposite case, when there is no expectation (as in pseudo-sentences), the role of word association becomes more pronounced. However, what happens when the expectations are not high (mild to moderate semantic constraint) is not yet clear. By adopting a cross-factorial design, crossing sentence congruity with within-sentence word association, our EEG recordings show that association comes into play during semantic processing of the word only when the sentence is meaningless. We also performed an exploratory source localization analysis of our EEG recordings to chart the brain regions putatively implicated in processing the said factors and showed its complementarity to EEG temporal analysis. This study furthers our knowledge on sentence processing and the brain networks involved in it.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Khachatryan, E., Hnazaee, M. F., & Van Hulle, M. M. (2018). Effect of word association on linguistic event-related potentials in moderately to mildly constraining sentences. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25723-y

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free