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Christiansen MH, Conway CM, Onnis L. Similar Neural Correlates for Language and Sequential Learning: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials. Lang Cogn Process. 2012;27(2):231-256doi: 10.1080/01690965.2011.606666.
Christiansen, M. H., Conway, C. M., & Onnis, L. (2012). Similar Neural Correlates for Language and Sequential Learning: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials. Language and cognitive processes, 27(2), 231-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2011.606666
Christiansen, Morten H, et al. "Similar Neural Correlates for Language and Sequential Learning: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials." Language and cognitive processes vol. 27,2 (2012): 231-256. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2011.606666
Christiansen MH, Conway CM, Onnis L. Similar Neural Correlates for Language and Sequential Learning: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials. Lang Cogn Process. 2012 Jan 01;27(2):231-256. doi: 10.1080/01690965.2011.606666. PMID: 23678205; PMCID: PMC3652480.
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Lang Cogn Process. 2012 Jan 01;27(2):231-256. doi: 10.1080/01690965.2011.606666.

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

Language and cognitive processes

Morten H Christiansen, Christopher M Conway, Luca Onnis

Affiliations

  1. Cornell University.

PMID: 23678205 PMCID: PMC3652480 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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