In a sentence reading task, words that occurred out of context were associated with specific
types of event-related brain potentials. Words that were physically aberrant (larger than …

The neuroelectric activity of the human brain that accompanies linguistic processing can be
studied through recordings of event-related potentials (erp components) from the scalp. The …

We review the discovery, characterization, and evolving use of the N400, an event-related
brain potential response linked to meaning processing. We describe the elicitation of N400s …

The physical energy that we refer to as a word, whether in isolation or embedded in
sentences, takes its meaning from the knowledge stored in our brains through a lifetime of …

Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded as subjects silently read a set of
unrelated sentences. The ERP responses elicited by open-class words were sorted according …

Arguments about the existence of language-specific neural systems and particularly arguments
about the independence of syntactic and semantic processing have recently focused on …

Joke comprehension has been decomposed into surprise registration followed by a
coherence stage, involving frame-shifting (retrieving a new frame from long-term memory to …

Recent research has demonstrated that knowledge of real-world events plays an important
role in guiding online language comprehension. The present study addresses the scope of …

A technique for measuring the latency of the P300 component of event-related brain potentials
on individual trials is described. Choice reaction times and the latency of the P300 were …

Despite the numerous examples of anticipatory cognitive processes at micro and macro levels
in many animal species, the idea that anticipation of specific words plays an integral role …