Evolutionary origins of non-adjacent sequence processing in primate brain potentials.

ABSTRACT: There is considerable interest in understanding the ontogeny and phylogeny of the human language system, yet, neurobiological work at the interface of both fields is absent. Syntactic processes in language build on sensory processing and sequencing capabilities on the side of the receiver. While we better understand language-related ontogenetic changes in the human brain, it remains a mystery how neurobiological processes at specific human development stages compare with those in phylogenetically closely related species. To address this knowledge gap, we measured EEG event-related potentials (ERPs) in two macaque monkeys using a paradigm developed to evaluate human infant and adult brain potentials associated with the processing of non-adjacent ordering relationships in sequences of syllab

SUBMITTER: Milne AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5101811 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature