ERP Essay

Question 1

N400 is correlated with semantic integration, especially for words.

Answer 1

Kutas & Hillyard (1980)

Question 2

Several studies have continued to replicate N400 semantic integration finding.

Answer 2

Berkum et al. (2000)

Lau et al. (2008)

Question 3

Investigated changes in neural processes for L2 learning.

Answer 3

McLaughlin, Osterhout & Kim (2004)

Question 4

Neuroimaging methods that have studied L1 translation in L2 comprehension for bilinguals.

Answer 4

Rodriguez-Fornells et al. (2002)

Kim et al. (1997)

Question 5

Unconscious L1 translation occurs during L2 comprehension in bilinguals.

Answer 5

Thierry & Wu (2007)

Question 6

ERPs can measure implicit processes, whereas behavioural measures cannot (by nature, they are explicit).

Answer 6

McLaughlin et al. (2004)

Question 7

The high temporal resolution of EEGs and use of ERPs can distinguish between distinct but temporally close cognitive states.

Answer 7

Osterhout & Holcomb (1995)

Question 8

Phonological information for the noun-phrase to-be-spoken is available just 40ms after the syntactic gender of the noun is retrieved.

Answer 8

Turennout, Hagoort & Brown (1998)