Electrophysiological evidence for two steps in syntactic analysis. Early automatic and late controlled processes. Export

@article{citeulike:4370859, abstract = {In this study we examined the properties of the processes involved in the structural analysis of sentences using event-related brain potential measures (ERP). Previous research had shown two ERP components to correlate with phrase structure violations: an early left anterior negativity (ELAN), which is assumed to reflect first-pass parsing processes, and a late parietally distributed positivity (P600), assumed to reflect second-pass parsing processes. We hypothesized that the first-pass parsing processes are highly automatic, whereas second-pass parsing processes are more controlled. To test this hypothesis we varied the proportion of correct sentences and sentences containing phrase structure violations with incorrect sentences being either of a low (20\% violation) or a high (80\% violation) proportion. Results showed that the early left anterior negativity was elicited and equally pronounced under both proportion conditions. By contrast, the late positivity was elicited for a low proportion of incorrect sentences only. This data pattern suggests that first-pass parsing processes are automatic, whereas second-pass parsing processes are under participants' strategic control.}, author = {Hahne, A. and Friederici, A. D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4370859}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10198134}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10198134}, issn = {0898-929X}, journal = {Journal of cognitive neuroscience}, keywords = {erps, p300, p600, syntax}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {194--205}, posted-at = {2009-11-07 19:28:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Electrophysiological evidence for two steps in syntactic analysis. Early automatic and late controlled processes.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10198134}, volume = {11}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4370859 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4370859 N2 - In this study we examined the properties of the processes involved in the structural analysis of sentences using event-related brain potential measures (ERP). Previous research had shown two ERP components to correlate with phrase structure violations: an early left anterior negativity (ELAN), which is assumed to reflect first-pass parsing processes, and a late parietally distributed positivity (P600), assumed to reflect second-pass parsing processes. We hypothesized that the first-pass parsing processes are highly automatic, whereas second-pass parsing processes are more controlled. To test this hypothesis we varied the proportion of correct sentences and sentences containing phrase structure violations with incorrect sentences being either of a low (20% violation) or a high (80% violation) proportion. Results showed that the early left anterior negativity was elicited and equally pronounced under both proportion conditions. By contrast, the late positivity was elicited for a low proportion of incorrect sentences only. This data pattern suggests that first-pass parsing processes are automatic, whereas second-pass parsing processes are under participants' strategic control. IS - 2 JF - Journal of cognitive neuroscience SN - 0898-929X EP - 205 TI - Electrophysiological evidence for two steps in syntactic analysis. Early automatic and late controlled processes. VL - 11 SP - 194 KW - erps KW - p300 KW - p600 KW - syntax AU - Hahne, A AU - Friederici, AD PY - 1999/03// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10198134 ER -