Language organisation

Question 1

Event related potentials (ERPs)_

Answer 1

N400 wave is a negative deflection in ERP recorings. It responds to unfamiliar unexepeted or inappropriate words in a sentence

Question 2

N400 waves

Answer 2

Smaller for homonyms and familiar words

Consistant with finding that familiar stimuli require less neural activity

Question 3

Imaging techniques

Answer 3

Far more brain regions involved than we thought, even when blind read Braille, the visual cortex is active

Question 4

TMS

Answer 4

Found language deficits when directed to either hemisphere; Wada test.

Question 5

Connectionist theory

Answer 5

Assocative nature of language, presentation of one word elicits activation of related words. (categorical perception)

Question 5

Connectionist theory

Answer 5

Assocative nature of language, presentation of one word elicits activation of related words. (categorical perception)