EEG and Language Processing
EEG - CORRECT ANSWER-Electroencephalography measures brain electrical
activity.
ERP - CORRECT ANSWER-Event Related Potential is the average of EEG data
time-locked to a stimulus.
Microvolts - CORRECT ANSWER-One millionth of a volt, the unit for measuring EEG
voltage.
Oddball Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER-Repeated presentation of a standard
stimulus followed by a deviant one to measure mismatch negativity.
Distinctive Features - CORRECT ANSWER-Features in language phonemes that
infants learn to notice and ignore irrelevant ones.
Mismatch Negativity (MMN) - CORRECT ANSWER-Negativity response to oddball
stimuli, indicating perception of differences.
ELAN - CORRECT ANSWER-Early Left Anterior Negativity, a negativity peak
indicating syntax violations.
N400 - CORRECT ANSWER-Negative voltage fluctuation 400ms after stimuli,
indicating semantic processing.
P600 - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive voltage fluctuation 600ms after stimuli, linked
to syntax and revision processing.
Garden Path Sentences - CORRECT ANSWER-Complex sentences leading to
temporary misinterpretation, eliciting P600.
Syntax Errors - CORRECT ANSWER-Morphosyntactic mistakes in sentences,
triggering P600 responses.
Pseudowords - CORRECT ANSWER-Nonexistent words resembling real words,
often eliciting N400 responses.
Nonwords - CORRECT ANSWER-Completely nonsensical letter combinations,
typically eliciting P600 responses.
Herpetology - CORRECT ANSWER-Joking term for the field of EEG and ERPs in
language processing.
EEG - CORRECT ANSWER-Electroencephalography measures brain electrical
activity.
ERP - CORRECT ANSWER-Event Related Potential is the average of EEG data
time-locked to a stimulus.
Microvolts - CORRECT ANSWER-One millionth of a volt, the unit for measuring EEG
voltage.
Oddball Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER-Repeated presentation of a standard
stimulus followed by a deviant one to measure mismatch negativity.
Distinctive Features - CORRECT ANSWER-Features in language phonemes that
infants learn to notice and ignore irrelevant ones.
Mismatch Negativity (MMN) - CORRECT ANSWER-Negativity response to oddball
stimuli, indicating perception of differences.
ELAN - CORRECT ANSWER-Early Left Anterior Negativity, a negativity peak
indicating syntax violations.
N400 - CORRECT ANSWER-Negative voltage fluctuation 400ms after stimuli,
indicating semantic processing.
P600 - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive voltage fluctuation 600ms after stimuli, linked
to syntax and revision processing.
Garden Path Sentences - CORRECT ANSWER-Complex sentences leading to
temporary misinterpretation, eliciting P600.
Syntax Errors - CORRECT ANSWER-Morphosyntactic mistakes in sentences,
triggering P600 responses.
Pseudowords - CORRECT ANSWER-Nonexistent words resembling real words,
often eliciting N400 responses.
Nonwords - CORRECT ANSWER-Completely nonsensical letter combinations,
typically eliciting P600 responses.
Herpetology - CORRECT ANSWER-Joking term for the field of EEG and ERPs in
language processing.
