Semantic processing of verbal narratives compared to semantic processing of visual narratives: an ERP study of school-aged children.

ABSTRACT: There is a misconception that pictures are easy to comprehend, which is problematic in pedagogical practices that include pictures. For example, if a child has difficulties with verbal narration to picture sequences, it may be interpreted as specific to spoken language even though the child may have additional difficulties with comprehension of visual narratives in the form of picture sequences. The purpose of the present study was therefore to increase our understanding of semantic processing in the pictorial domain in relation to semantic processing in the verbal domain, focusing on 9-13 years-old children with typical language development. To this end, we measured electrical brain responses (event related potentials, ERPs) in 17 children to (i) pictures (panels) that were predicted vers

SUBMITTER: Lindfors H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812112 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature