ERP's in Sentence Processing

Question 1

oddball test

Answer 1

train of repeated stimuli with occasional change in stimuli (oddball)

Question 2

violation test

Answer 2

sentence with semantically, syntactically or morphologically unacceptable words

Question 3

Mismatch negativity

Answer 3

recorded on deviant stimuli in oddball test at 150 ms

Question 4

PMN appears in…

Answer 4

violation test

250-300 speak after onset

Question 5

The N400

Answer 5

negative polarity
strongest in parietal and central electrodes
also seen in picture test (not just about hearing words)
where does it come from?
-250 ms pSTG, pMTG
-365 ms inferior/anterior temporal region
-370-500 ms includes frontal regions

Question 6

P600

Answer 6

positive polarity
strongest in central/parietal lobes
happens in..
-pMTG, inferior frontal parietal corticies -basal ganglia

Question 7

(E)LAN

Answer 7

early left anterior negativity

• detected in connection with parse structure violations
• 100-300 ms after onset
• LAN occurs in N400 time window on left electrodes