Automatic morpheme identification across development: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) evidence from fast periodic visual stimulation.

ABSTRACT: The present study combined magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings with fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) to investigate automatic neural responses to morphemes in developing and skilled readers. Native English-speaking children (N = 17, grade 5-6) and adults (N = 28) were presented with rapid streams of base stimuli (6 Hz) interleaved periodically with oddballs (i.e., every fifth item, oddball stimulation frequency: 1.2 Hz). In a manipulation-check condition, tapping into word recognition, oddballs featured familiar words (e.g., roll) embedded in a stream of consonant strings (e.g., ktlq). In the experimental conditions, the contrast between oddball and base stimuli was manipulated in order to probe selective stem and suffix identification in morphologica

SUBMITTER: Pescuma VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491359 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature