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Stem tones pre-activate suffixes in the brain

Söderström, Pelle LU ; Horne, Merle LU orcid and Roll, Mikael LU (2017) In Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 46(2). p.271-280
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.
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pre-activation, prosody, ERP, morphology, speech processing, LAN, P600, PrAN
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Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
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46
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2
pages
271 - 280
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Springer
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  • scopus:84973137321
  • pmid:27240896
  • wos:000398941100002
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0090-6905
DOI
10.1007/s10936-016-9434-2
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Tone-Grammar Interaction in the Human Brain: Mechanisms and Applications
The language melody game (LMG): Learning Swedish word accents using IT and digital media
Humanities and Medicine (HuMe)
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English
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  author       = {{Söderström, Pelle and Horne, Merle and Roll, Mikael}},
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  keywords     = {{pre-activation; prosody; ERP; morphology; speech processing; LAN; P600; PrAN}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{271--280}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Journal of Psycholinguistic Research}},
  title        = {{Stem tones pre-activate suffixes in the brain}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/8126757/SoderstromHorneRoll2016.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10936-016-9434-2}},
  volume       = {{46}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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