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SUBMITTER: Sarrett ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7682806 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarrett McCall E ME McMurray Bob B Kapnoula Efthymia C EC
Brain and language 20201018
Understanding spoken language requires analysis of the rapidly unfolding speech signal at multiple levels: acoustic, phonological, and semantic. However, there is not yet a comprehensive picture of how these levels relate. We recorded electroencephalography (EEG) while listeners (N = 31) heard sentences in which we manipulated acoustic ambiguity (e.g., a bees/peas continuum) and sentential expectations (e.g., Honey is made by bees). EEG was analyzed with a mixed effects model over time to quanti ...[more]