Inconsistent use of gesture space during abstract pointing impairs language comprehension [PDF]
, 2015 Pointing toward concrete objects is a well-known and efficient communicative strategy. Much less is known about the communicative effectiveness of abstract pointing where the pointing gestures are directed to “empty space.” McNeill's (2003) observations ...
Gunter, Thomas C. +3 more
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Functionality of the N400 component and its application in studies of figurative language processing
Linguagem em Foco, 2022 Electrophysiological studies have increased in the field of Neuroscience of Language as they allow for detailed analyses of the temporal course of language processing.
Edgard Pereira Neves +2 more
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Predictability's aftermath: Downstream consequences of word predictability as revealed by repetition effects [PDF]
, 2018 Stimulus processing in language and beyond is shaped by context, with predictability having a particularly well-attested influence on the rapid processes that unfold during the presentation of a word.
Federmeier, K., Rommers, J.
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Exploring modality switching effects in negated sentences: further evidence for grounded representations [PDF]
, 2013 Theories of embodied cognition (e.g., Perceptual Symbol Systems Theory; Barsalou, 1999, 2009) suggest that modality specific simulations underlie the representation of concepts.
Garnham, A. +9 more
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Bilateral activation of semantic information on left-handers
Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 2011 To investigate interhemispheric transfer of language information in left-handed participants, event-related potentials were recorded during a semantic matching task.
Kimiko Kato +3 more
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Response-related potentials during semantic priming: the effect of a speeded button response task on ERPs [PDF]
, 2014 This study examines the influence of a button response task on the event-related potential (ERP) in a semantic priming experiment. Of particular interest is the N400 component. In many semantic priming studies, subjects are asked to respond to a stimulus
van Vliet, M +5 more
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NeuroImage, 2021 Humans continuously learn new information. Here, we examined the temporal brain dynamics of explicit verbal associative learning between unfamiliar items.
Neus Ramos-Escobar +5 more
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Communicating hands: ERPs elicited by meaningful symbolic hand postures. [PDF]
, 2003 Meaningful and meaningless hand postures were presented to subjects who had to carry out a semantic discrimination task while electrical brain responses were recorded. Both meaningful and control sets of hand postures were matched as closely as possible.
Anderson +19 more
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Semantics and N400: insights for schizophrenia
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2004 Thought disorder is a hallmark symptom of schizophrenia, which often leads to deficits in social functioning. Some aspects of this cognitive dysfunction are the result of abnormal characteristics in the semantic processes of patients. These abnormalities exist not only at the discourse production level, but at the discourse comprehension level as well.
Namita, Kumar, J Bruno, Debruille
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The N400 and the fourth grade shift [PDF]
Developmental Science, 2014 AbstractWhile behavioral and educational data characterize a fourth grade shift in reading development, neuroscience evidence is relatively lacking. We used the N400 component of the event‐related potential waveform to investigate the development of single word processing across the upper elementary years, in comparison to adult readers.
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