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Processing Syntactic Relations in Language and Music: An Event-Related Potential Study
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In order to test the language-specificity of a known neural correlate of syntactic processing [the P600 event-related brain potential (ERP) component], this study directly compared ERPs elicited by syntactic incongruities in language and music. Using principles of phrase structure for language and principles of harmony and key-relatedness for music, sequences were constructed in which an element was either congruous, moderately incongruous, or highly incongruous with the preceding structural context. A within-subjects design using 15 musically educated adults revealed that linguistic and musical structural incongruities elicited positivities that were statistically indistinguishable in a specified latency range. In contrast, a music-specific ERP component was observed that showed antero-temporal right-hemisphere lateralization. The results argue against the language-specificity of the P600 and suggest that language and music can be studied in parallel to address questions of neural specificity in cognitive processing.
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- Patel, A. D., Gibson, E., Ratner, J., Besson, M., & Holcomb, P. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
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- MIT Press
- Published
- 1998-11-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 717-733
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- 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8898
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- W2154054118
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- 705
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 6.96
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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