Language 5

Question 1

Semantic deviation ERP

Answer 1

N400

Question 2

Nieuwland et al. (2006) study results about animacy violation

Answer 2

• Animacy violation leads to larger N400 amplitude
• If inanimate object keeps doing animate things, the N400 effect disappears
• The reader picks up on the rules within discourse and integrates this knowledge immediately
• Model of the discourse is updated continuously

Question 3

Semantic integration brain areas

Answer 3

Bilateral Anterior Temporal Lobe (ATL)

Question 4

Brain areas involved in generating and updating situation model

Answer 4

Medial parietal areas

Question 5

Situation model

Answer 5

Mental model of the situation conveyed by the text

Question 6

Inferences

Answer 6

• Causes, effects, consequences, intentions, feelings, motives
• Brain areas: Temporal Parietal Junction (Ferst et al., 2008)

Question 7

Brain area involved in scene construction and potentially inferencing

Answer 7

dmPFC

Question 8

Ferstl & Von Cramon (2002) results about dmPFC

Answer 8

They say that dmPFC is specifically active when making inferences about the physical world.
Not about the internal mental world of other people

Question 9

Mason & Just (2011) and Saxe & Kanwisher (2003) results about TPJ

Answer 9

They say that TPJ is activated when people think about other people (and their beliefs, intentions, desires, etc.)