Distinguishing neurocognitive processes reflected by P600 effects: evidence from ERPs and neural oscillations.

ABSTRACT: Research on language comprehension using event-related potentials (ERPs) reported distinct ERP components reliably related to the processing of semantic (N400) and syntactic information (P600). Recent ERP studies have challenged this well-defined distinction by showing P600 effects for semantic and pragmatic anomalies. So far, it is still unresolved whether the P600 reflects specific or rather common processes. The present study addresses this question by investigating ERPs in response to a syntactic and pragmatic (irony) manipulation, as well as a combined syntactic and pragmatic manipulation. For the syntactic condition, a morphosyntactic violation was applied, whereas for the pragmatic condition, such as "That is rich", either an ironic or literal interpretation was achieved, depending

SUBMITTER: Regel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4028180 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature