Sentence comprehension requires the retrieval of single word information from long-term memory, and integration this into multiword representations. The current functional magnetic resonance imaging study explored hypothesis that left posterior temporal gyrus supports lexical-syntactic information, whereas inferior frontal (LIFG) contributes to syntactic unification. Twenty-eight subjects read sentences sequences containing word-category (noun–verb) ambiguous words at critical positions....

Communication and integration of information between brain regions plays a key role in healthy function. Conversely, disruption communication may lead to cognitive behavioral problems. Autism is neurodevelopmental disorder that characterized by impaired social interactions aberrant basic processing. Aberrant connectivity patterns have indeed been hypothesized be neural underpinning autism. In this study, graph analytical tools are used explore the possible deviant functional network...

The human brain has the extraordinary capability to transform cluttered sensory input into distinct object representations. For example, it is able rapidly and seemingly without effort detect categories in complex natural scenes. Surprisingly, category tuning not sufficient achieve conscious recognition of objects. What neural process beyond extraction might elevate representations level where objects are consciously perceived? Here we show that visible invisible faces produce similar...

Atypical visual perception in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is hypothesized to stem from an imbalance excitatory and inhibitory processes the brain. We used neuronal oscillations gamma frequency range (30-90 Hz), which emerge a balanced interaction of excitation inhibition brain, assess contextual modulation early perception. Electroencephalography was recorded 12 high-functioning adults ASD age- IQ-matched control participants. Oscillations were analyzed response stimuli...

During speech processing, neural activity in non-autistic adults and infants tracks the envelope. Recent research indicates that this tracking relates to linguistic knowledge may be reduced autism. Such tracking, if present already infancy, could impede language development. In current study, we focused on children with a family history of autism, who often show delay first acquisition. We investigated whether differences sung nursery rhymes during infancy relate development autism symptoms...

The genetic FOXP2-CNTNAP2 pathway has been shown to be involved in the language capacity. We investigated whether a common variant of CNTNAP2 (rs7794745) is relevant for syntactic and semantic processing general population by using visual sentence paradigm while recording ERPs 49 healthy adults. While both AA homozygotes T-carriers showed standard N400 effect anomalies, response subject-verb agreement violations differed across genotype groups. displayed an anterior negativity preceding P600...

Grammatically masculine role-nouns (e.g., Studentenmasc.'students') can refer to men and women but may favor an interpretation where only are considered the referent. If true, this has implications for a society aiming achieve equal representation in workplace since, example, job adverts use such role descriptions. To investigate of role-nouns, present ERP study assessed grammatical gender processing German. Twenty participants read sentences role-noun (masculine or feminine) introduced...

Music is often described in the laboratory and classroom as a beneficial tool for memory encoding retention, with particularly strong effect when words are sung to familiar compared unfamiliar melodies. However, neural mechanisms underlying this benefit, especially benefits related music not well understood. The current study examined whether tracking of slow syllable rhythms speech song modulated by melody familiarity. Participants became twelve novel melodies over four days prior MEG...

Children’s songs are omnipresent and highly attractive stimuli in infants’ input. Previous work suggests that infants process linguistic–phonetic information from simplified sung melodies. The present study investigated whether learn words ecologically valid children’s songs. Testing 40 Dutch-learning 10-month-olds a familiarization-then-test electroencephalography (EEG) paradigm, this asked can segment repeated target embedded during familiarization subsequently recognize those continuous...

Eye gaze is a powerful ostensive cue in infant-caregiver interactions, with demonstrable effects on language acquisition. While the link between following and later vocabulary well-established, of eye other aspects language, such as speech processing, are less clear. In this EEG study, we examined speaker's ten-month-old infants' neural tracking naturalistic audiovisual speech, marker for successful processing. Infants watched videos speaker telling stories, addressing infant direct or...

Abstract While infants' sensitivity to visual speech cues and the benefit of these have been well‐established by behavioural studies, there is little evidence on effect neural processing continuous auditory speech. In this study, we investigated whether cues, such as movements lips, jaw, larynx, facilitate tracking. Ten‐month‐old Dutch‐learning infants watched videos a speaker reciting passages in infant‐directed while electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. videos, either full face...

The environment in which infants learn language is multimodal and rich with social cues. Yet, the effects of such cues, as eye contact, on early speech perception have not been closely examined. This study assessed role ostensive speech, signalled through speaker's gaze direction, infants' word segmentation abilities. A familiarisation-then-test paradigm was used while electroencephalography (EEG) recorded. Ten-month-old Dutch-learning were familiarised audio-visual stories a speaker recited...

During speech processing, neural activity in non-autistic adults and infants tracks the envelope. Recent research indicates that this tracking relates to linguistic knowledge may be reduced autism. Such tracking, if present already infancy, could impede language development. In current study, we focused on children with a family history of autism, who often show delay first acquisition. We investigated whether differences sung nursery rhymes during infancy relate development autism symptoms...

Infants exploit acoustic boundaries to perceptually organize phrases in speech. This prosodic parsing ability is well-attested and a cornerstone the development of speech perception grammar. However, infants also receive linguistic input child songs. study provides evidence that parse songs into meaningful phrasal units replicates previous research for Six-month-old Dutch (n = 80) were tested song or modality head-turn preference procedure. First, familiarized two versions same word...

Both categorization and segmentation processes play a crucial role in face perception. However, the functional relation between these subprocesses is currently unclear. The present study investigates temporal segmentation-related category-selective responses brain, using electroencephalography (EEG). Surface category content were both manipulated texture-defined objects, including faces. This allowed us to brain activity related categorization. In main experiment, participants viewed objects...