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- Title
Processing syntactic relations in language and music: an event-related potential study.
- Authors
Patel, A D; Gibson, E; Ratner, J; Besson, M; Holcomb, P J
- Abstract
In order to test the language-specificity of a known neural correlate of syntactic processing [the P600 event-related brain potential (ERP) component], this study directly compared ERPs elicited by syntactic incongruities in language and music. Using principles of phrase structure for language and principles of harmony and key-relatedness for music, sequences were constructed in which an element was either congruous, moderately incongruous, or highly incongruous with the preceding structural context. A within-subjects design using 15 musically educated adults revealed that linguistic and musical structural incongruities elicited positivities that were statistically indistinguishable in a specified latency range. In contrast, a music-specific ERP component was observed that showed antero-temporal right-hemisphere lateralization. The results argue against the language-specificity of the P600 and suggest that language and music can be studied in parallel to address questions of neural specificity in cognitive processing.
- Publication
Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 1998, Vol 10, Issue 6, p717
- ISSN
0898-929X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1162/089892998563121