Social presence effect in language comprehension: evidence from event-related potential (ERP) research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the impact of social presence on Chinese reading comprehension and associated neural responses.

Methods

Participants tasked with reading Chinese sentences either alone or in the presence of others and subsequently assessing the accuracy of the sentences' meanings. Concurrently, we recorded the participants' electrical brain responses to critical word processing.

Results

Behavioral results indicated no significant effect of social presence on the judgment of sentence accuracy. Electroencephalogram (EEG) results, however, revealed that reading in the presence of others elicited more pronounced left anterior negativity (LAN) components in the left front of the scalp compared to reading alone. Additionally, incorrect meanings triggere

SUBMITTER: Yu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11737328 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature