Stem tones pre-activate suffixes in the brain

P. Söderström; Merle Horne; Mikael Roll

doi:10.1007/s10936-016-9434-2

Stem tones pre-activate suffixes in the brain

P. Söderström, Merle Horne, Mikael Roll

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Results from the present event-related potentials (ERP) study show that tones on Swedish word stems can rapidly pre-activate upcoming suffixes, even when the word stem does not carry any lexical meaning. Results also show that listeners are able to rapidly restore suffixes which are replaced with a cough. Accuracy in restoring suffixes correlated positively with the amplitude of an anterior negative ERP elicited by stem tones. This effect is proposed to reflect suffix pre-activation. Suffixes that were cued by an incorrect tone elicited a left-anterior negativity and a P600, suggesting that the correct processing of the suffix is crucially tied to the activation of the preceding validly associated tone.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-280
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-016-9434-2
Publication status	Published - 2017

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