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Jan 01, 2012;27 (2): 231-256.

Similar Neural Correlates for Language and Sequential Learning: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials.

Morten H Christiansen, Christopher M Conway, Luca Onnis
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  1. Morten H Christiansen: Cornell University.
PMID: 23678205 DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2011.606666

Abstract

We used event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the time course and distribution of brain activity while adults performed (a) a sequential learning task involving complex structured sequences, and (b) a language processing task. The same positive ERP deflection, the P600 effect, typically linked to difficult or ungrammatical syntactic processing, was found for structural incongruencies in both sequential learning as well as natural language, and with similar topographical distributions. Additionally, a left anterior negativity (LAN) was observed for language but not for sequential learning. These results are interpreted as an indication that the P600 provides an index of violations and the cost of integration of expectations for upcoming material when processing complex sequential structure. We conclude that the same neural mechanisms may be recruited for both syntactic processing of linguistic stimuli and sequential learning of structured sequence patterns more generally.

Keywords

Event-Related Potentials (ERP) Implicit Learning LAN Language Processing P600 Prediction Sequential Learning

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Grants

  1. R03 DC009485/NIDCD NIH HHS
  2. R03 HD051671/NICHD NIH HHS
  3. R03 HD051671-02/NICHD NIH HHS
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