On the left anterior negativity (LAN): The case of morphosyntactic agreement: a reply to Tanner et al.

نویسندگان

  • Nicola Molinaro
  • Horacio A Barber
  • Sendy Caffarra
  • Manuel Carreiras
چکیده

Molinaro, Barber, and Carreiras (2011) have proposed that the multidimensional linguistic nature of grammatical agreement can map onto specific modulations of early negativities around 300e400 msec [left anterior negativity (LAN)/N400] as well as the later P600. Tanner (2014) criticizes the reliability of the LAN as an ERP marker for studying grammatical agreement processing. We thank Tanner for his interest in our proposal and in this reply we consider separately four main arguments in this debate.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

دوره 66  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015