Preattentive detection of syntactic and semantic errors

Menning, H., Zwitserlood, P., Schöning, S., Hihn, H., Bölte, J., Dobel, Ch., Mathiak, K., & Lütkenhöner, B.

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

This magnetoencephalographic study tested whether magnetic fields evoked by syntactic and semantic errors differ in their time course and magnitude from fields evoked by phonemic differences. An oddball design, using German sentences with embedded critical words was applied: The error condition (with the standard word RASEN, lawn, in 70% of the trials, and the syntactic and semantic errors ROSEN, roses and RIESEN, giant as deviants) was compared with a neutral, correct phonemic condition. Mismatch responses were significantly larger for syntactic and semantic errors as compared to mere phonemic deviations. The semantic error elicited higher mismatch responses than the syntactic error. This error-sensitive component is interpreted as a very early detector for semantic and syntactic errors. (C) 2005 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftNeuroReport
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume16
Ausgabe / Heftnr. / Issue1
Seitenbereich77-80
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2005 (19.01.2005)
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
DOI10.1097/00001756-200501190-00018
Stichwörtercognitive language magnetoencephalography mismatch field mismatch negativity phonological processing semantic speech syntactic brain potentials sentences

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Bölte, Jens
Professur für Psycholinguistik und kognitive Neurowissenschaft (Prof. Zwitserlood)
Zwitserlood, Pienie
Professur für Psycholinguistik und kognitive Neurowissenschaft (Prof. Zwitserlood)