Abstract
Listeners are constantly trying to predict what the speaker will say next. We concurrently measured the electrophysiological and haemodynamic correlates of syntactic pre-activation, investigating when and where the brain processes speech melody cues to upcoming word order structure. Pre-activation of syntactic structure was reflected in a left-lateralised pre-activation negativity (PrAN), which was subserved by Broca's area in the left inferior frontal gyrus, as well as the contiguous left anterior insula.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 76-82 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Brain Research |
Volume | 1697 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Open Access - Access Right Statement
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Keywords
- speech
- speech prosody
- syntax