Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition.
We investigated early electrophysiological responses to spoken English words embedded in neutral sentence frames, using a lexical decision paradigm. As words unfold in time, similar-sounding lexical items compete for recognition within 200 milliseconds after word onset. A small number of studies hav...
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| description | We investigated early electrophysiological responses to spoken English words embedded in neutral sentence frames, using a lexical decision paradigm. As words unfold in time, similar-sounding lexical items compete for recognition within 200 milliseconds after word onset. A small number of studies have previously investigated event-related potentials in this time window in English and French, with results differing in direction of effects as well as component scalp distribution. Investigations of spoken-word recognition in Swedish have reported an early left-frontally distributed event-related potential that increases in amplitude as a function of the probability of a successful lexical match as the word unfolds. Results from the present study indicate that the same process may occur in English: we propose that increased certainty of a 'word' response in a lexical decision task is reflected in the amplitude of an early left-anterior brain potential beginning around 150 milliseconds after word onset. This in turn is proposed to be connected to the probabilistically driven activation of possible upcoming word forms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-127c172fa4074708aa6acabfc8b547fc2023-06-13T05:31:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01185e028528610.1371/journal.pone.0285286Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition.Pelle SöderströmAnne CutlerWe investigated early electrophysiological responses to spoken English words embedded in neutral sentence frames, using a lexical decision paradigm. As words unfold in time, similar-sounding lexical items compete for recognition within 200 milliseconds after word onset. A small number of studies have previously investigated event-related potentials in this time window in English and French, with results differing in direction of effects as well as component scalp distribution. Investigations of spoken-word recognition in Swedish have reported an early left-frontally distributed event-related potential that increases in amplitude as a function of the probability of a successful lexical match as the word unfolds. Results from the present study indicate that the same process may occur in English: we propose that increased certainty of a 'word' response in a lexical decision task is reflected in the amplitude of an early left-anterior brain potential beginning around 150 milliseconds after word onset. This in turn is proposed to be connected to the probabilistically driven activation of possible upcoming word forms.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285286 |
| spellingShingle | Pelle Söderström Anne Cutler Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. PLoS ONE |
| title | Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. |
| title_full | Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. |
| title_fullStr | Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. |
| title_short | Early neuro-electric indication of lexical match in English spoken-word recognition. |
| title_sort | early neuro electric indication of lexical match in english spoken word recognition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285286 |
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