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Word Processing in Scene Context : An Event-Related Potential Study in Young Children
N AzaiezN AzaiezPia RämäPia RämäAndrea Helosubject
MaleVocabularymedia_common.quotation_subjectWord processingObject (grammar)Context (language use)Semantics050105 experimental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineevent-related potentialkielellinen kehityssanavarastoEvent-related potentialDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencessemantic primingvocabulary skillstoddlersEvoked Potentialsta515media_common05 social sciencesElectroencephalographyN400LinguisticsSemanticsNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologytaaperoikäisetChild PreschoolFemaleWord ProcessingPsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryWord (computer architecture)Cognitive psychologydescription
Semantic priming has been demonstrated in object or word contexts in toddlers. However, less is known about semantic priming in scene context. In this study, 24-month-olds with high and low vocabulary skills were presented with visual scenes (e.g., kitchen) followed by semantically consistent (e.g., spoon) or inconsistent (e.g., bed) spoken words. Inconsistent scene-word pairs evoked a larger N400 component over the frontal areas. Low-producers presented a larger N400 over the right while high-producers over the left frontal areas. Our results suggest that contextual information facilitates word processing in young children. Additionally, children with different linguistic skills activate different neural structures.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-27 | Developmental Neuropsychology |