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Electrophysiology reveals the neural dynamics of naturalistic auditory language processing: event-related potentials reflect continuous model updates

Phillip M. Alday, View ORCID ProfileMatthias Schlesewsky, View ORCID ProfileIna Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062299
Phillip M. Alday
aDepartment of Germanic Linguistics, University of Marburg, Deutschhhausstr. 3, 35032 Marburg, Germany
cpresent address: Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory; School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Matthias Schlesewsky
bDepartment of English and Linguistics, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Jakob-Welder Weg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany
cpresent address: Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory; School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
aDepartment of Germanic Linguistics, University of Marburg, Deutschhhausstr. 3, 35032 Marburg, Germany
cpresent address: Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory; School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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The recent trend away from ANOVA-based analyses places experimental investigations into the neurobiology of cognition in more naturalistic and ecologically valid designs within reach. Using mixed-effects models for epoch-based regression, we demonstrate the feasibility of examining event-related potentials (ERPs), and in particular the N400, to study the neural dynamics of auditory language processing in a naturalistic setting. Despite the large variability between trials during naturalistic stimulation, we replicated previous findings from the literature: frequency, animacy, word order. This suggests a new perspective on ERPs, namely as a continuous modulation reflecting continuous model updates (cf. Friston, 2005) instead of a series of discrete and essentially sequential processes.

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Electrophysiology reveals the neural dynamics of naturalistic auditory language processing: event-related potentials reflect continuous model updates
Phillip M. Alday, Matthias Schlesewsky, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
bioRxiv 062299; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062299
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Electrophysiology reveals the neural dynamics of naturalistic auditory language processing: event-related potentials reflect continuous model updates
Phillip M. Alday, Matthias Schlesewsky, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
bioRxiv 062299; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062299

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