Brain response to Information Structure misalignments in linguistic contexts

Rocca, Daria La; Masia, Viviana; Maiorana, Emanuele; Vallauri, Edoardo Lombardi; Campisi, Patrizio

doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2016.03.001

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“…In La Rocca et al (2016) we have shown that focused information—no matter if contextually Given or New—determines higher amplitudes in the θ rhythm as compared to topical presentation of the same notional content, which may confirm that Focus triggers more processing effort than Topic.…”

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The “exaptation” of linguistic implicit strategies

Vallauri

2016

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Implicit strategies are known to increase persuasion performances. Implicits of content (vagueness, implicatures) and implicits of responsibility (presuppositions, topics) will be compared semiotically to non-linguistic implicits such as images and sounds. The results of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic experiments will be used to propose that presuppositions and topics arose in language as means to spare addressees processing effort on already known contents, but they were subsequently “exapted” to spare effort on unknown marginal contents, and eventually to reduce the probability for doubtful contents to be processed thoroughly and rejected. This will be shown by many examples from commercial advertising and political propaganda.

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Section: Implicitness Of Responsibility and Its “Exaptation”supporting

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The “exaptation” of linguistic implicit strategies

Vallauri

2016

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“…Beta and alpha power desynchronization was observed in misaligned contexts and may be of the same nature as that observed in Lewis et al (2017) for incoherent stories. Moreover, La Rocca et al (2016) also found theta power synchronization in response to such misalignment, which was interpreted as reflecting increased working memory demands. The gamma frequency band is also sensitive to discourse manipulations, which might well be expected given findings already reviewed highlighting the role of gamma for semantic unification.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Beta and alpha power desynchronization was observed in misaligned contexts and may be of the same nature as that observed in Lewis et al () for incoherent stories. Moreover, La Rocca et al () also found theta power synchronization in response to such misalignment, which was interpreted as reflecting increased working memory demands.…”

Section: Discourse and Pragmaticsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Lewis et al () compared electrophysiological signatures of coherent vs. incoherent discourse processing and found lower beta power for incoherent compared to coherent stories. In a more targeted study, La Rocca et al () compared contexts in which given information was presented as new via a marked intonation pattern, or instead new information was presented as given. Information status was either aligned or misaligned with its linguistic packaging as focus or topic of the sentence.…”

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The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

Prystauka

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2019

Language and Linguist. Compass

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The field of psycholinguistics is currently experiencing an explosion of interest in the analysis of neural oscillations—rhythmic brain activity synchronized at different temporal and spatial levels. Given that language comprehension relies on a myriad of processes, which are carried out in parallel in distributed brain networks, there is hope that this methodology might bring the field closer to understanding some of the more basic (spatially and temporally distributed, yet at the same time often overlapping) neural computations that support language function. In this review, we discuss existing proposals linking oscillatory dynamics in different frequency bands to basic neural computations and review relevant theories suggesting associations between band‐specific oscillations and higher‐level cognitive processes. More or less consistent patterns of oscillatory activity related to certain types of linguistic processing can already be derived from the evidence that has accumulated over the past few decades. The centerpiece of the current review is a synthesis of such patterns grouped by linguistic phenomenon. We restrict our review to evidence linking measures of oscillatory power to the comprehension of sentences, as well as linguistically (and/or pragmatically) more complex structures. For each grouping, we provide a brief summary and a table of associated oscillatory signatures that a psycholinguist might expect to find when employing a particular linguistic task. Summarizing across different paradigms, we conclude that a handful of basic neural oscillatory mechanisms are likely recruited in different ways and at different times for carrying out a variety of linguistic computations.

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“…Information structure was found to modulate language-relevant activations in fMRI (33,34) and in electrophysiological readouts (35)(36)(37). For example, unexpected semantic and illegal syntactic continuations resulted in sizeable N400 and P600 effects, respectively, if they were part of the focus constituent (35,36).…”

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The neurobiology of language beyond single-word processing

Hagoort

2019

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In this Review, I propose a multiple-network view for the neurobiological basis of distinctly human language skills. A much more complex picture of interacting brain areas emerges than in the classical neurobiological model of language. This is because using language is more than single-word processing, and much goes on beyond the information given in the acoustic or orthographic tokens that enter primary sensory cortices. This requires the involvement of multiple networks with functionally nonoverlapping contributions.

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Brain response to Information Structure misalignments in linguistic contexts

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

The “exaptation” of linguistic implicit strategies

The “exaptation” of linguistic implicit strategies

The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

The neurobiology of language beyond single-word processing

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