Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications
The neural origins of the Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) component of the Event-Related brain Potentials (ERP) have never been directly probed although this information is of the highest interest for a comprehensive view of the neural foundation of language. The LAN emerges specifically after morpho...
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| Keyword: | 159.95 Syntax Processing Language Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) Neural Sources Neuropsicología Psicología cognitiva Lingüística 61 Psicología |
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| author | Martín-Loeches Garrido, Manuel |
| author2 | Sommer, Werner Jiménez Ortega, Laura Espuny, Francisco Javier Rubianes Méndez, Miguel Alejandro Casado Martínez, María Del Pilar |
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| description | The neural origins of the Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) component of the Event-Related brain Potentials (ERP) have never been directly probed although this information is of the highest interest for a comprehensive view of the neural foundation of language. The LAN emerges specifically after morphosyntactic violations and is affected by both linguistic and extralinguistic, non-syntactic information. Here, we explored the neural sources of the LAN by analyzing data from three previously published ERP data sets obtained from canonical morphosyntactic violation conditions. The neuroelectric source analyses were based on LAN data from N=76 participants and comprised two distributed source algorithms: sLORETA (standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography), and CLARA (classical LORETA analysis recursively applied), and a discrete dipole model (BESA, brain electrical source analysis). The results indicate that the most acceptable candidate as primary neural source of the LAN is the left frontal operculum (LFO), though the right FO might also be implicated. Considering its location, functions and connections, we speculate that the FO may be monitoring articulatory (morphological or morphophonological) predictions during language comprehension. The direct links between the FO and the anterior temporal pole might also account for nonlinguistic influences on the LAN. |
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| spelling | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications Martín-Loeches Garrido, Manuel Sommer, Werner Jiménez Ortega, Laura Espuny, Francisco Javier Rubianes Méndez, Miguel Alejandro Casado Martínez, María Del Pilar 159.95 Syntax Processing Language Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) Neural Sources Neuropsicología Psicología cognitiva Lingüística 61 Psicología The neural origins of the Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) component of the Event-Related brain Potentials (ERP) have never been directly probed although this information is of the highest interest for a comprehensive view of the neural foundation of language. The LAN emerges specifically after morphosyntactic violations and is affected by both linguistic and extralinguistic, non-syntactic information. Here, we explored the neural sources of the LAN by analyzing data from three previously published ERP data sets obtained from canonical morphosyntactic violation conditions. The neuroelectric source analyses were based on LAN data from N=76 participants and comprised two distributed source algorithms: sLORETA (standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography), and CLARA (classical LORETA analysis recursively applied), and a discrete dipole model (BESA, brain electrical source analysis). The results indicate that the most acceptable candidate as primary neural source of the LAN is the left frontal operculum (LFO), though the right FO might also be implicated. Considering its location, functions and connections, we speculate that the FO may be monitoring articulatory (morphological or morphophonological) predictions during language comprehension. The direct links between the FO and the anterior temporal pole might also account for nonlinguistic influences on the LAN. MIT Press https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129583 |
| spellingShingle | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications Martín-Loeches Garrido, Manuel 159.95 Syntax Processing Language Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) Neural Sources Neuropsicología Psicología cognitiva Lingüística 61 Psicología |
| title | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| title_full | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| title_fullStr | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| title_short | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| title_sort | Gateway to syntax: On the neural origins of the left anterior negativity and their functional implications |
| topic | 159.95 Syntax Processing Language Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) Neural Sources Neuropsicología Psicología cognitiva Lingüística 61 Psicología |
| topic_facet | 159.95 Syntax Processing Language Left Anterior Negativity (LAN) Neural Sources Neuropsicología Psicología cognitiva Lingüística 61 Psicología |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129583 |