How the Brain Responds to "Any": An MEG Study

Autor/inn/en	Tesan, Graciela; Johnson, Blake W.; Crain, Stephen
Titel	How the Brain Responds to "Any": An MEG Study
Quelle	In: Brain and Language, 120 (2012) 1, S.66-72 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-934X
DOI	10.1016/j.bandl.2011.08.006
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Anatomy; Language Usage; Adults; Reading Processes; Diagnostic Tests; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Anatomie; Sprachgebrauch; Leseprozess; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	The word "any" may appear in some sentences, but not in others. For example, "any" is permitted in sentences that contain the word "nobody", as in "Nobody ate any fruit". However, in a minimally different context "any" seems strikingly anomalous: *"Everybody ate any fruit". The aim of the present study was to investigate how the brain responds to the word any in such minimally different contexts--where it is permitted (licensed) and where it is not permitted (unlicensed). Brain responses were measured from adult readers using magnetoencephalography (MEG). The results showed significantly larger responses to permissible contexts in the left posterior temporal areas between 400-500 ms and 590-660 ms. These results clarify the anatomy and timing of brain processes that contribute to our judgment that a word such as "any" is or is not permitted in a given context. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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