Negation mitigates rather than inverts the neural representations of adjectives
Combinatoric linguistic operations underpin human language processes, but how meaning
is composed and refined in the mind of the reader is not well understood. We address this …
is composed and refined in the mind of the reader is not well understood. We address this …
Inhibitory mechanisms in the processing of negations: A neural reuse hypothesis
Negation is known to have inhibitory consequences for the information under its scope.
However, how it produces such effects remains poorly understood. Recently, it has been …
However, how it produces such effects remains poorly understood. Recently, it has been …
The role of predictability during negation processing in truth-value judgment tasks
F Rück, C Dudschig, IG Mackenzie, A Vogt… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In experiments investigating the processing of true and false negative sentences, it is often
reported that polarity interacts with truth-value, in the sense that true sentences lead to faster …
reported that polarity interacts with truth-value, in the sense that true sentences lead to faster …
Multivariate pattern analysis of EEG reveals nuanced impact of negation on sentence processing in the N400 and later time windows
Y He, J Sommer, S Hansen‐Schirra… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The neurocognitive mechanism underlying negation processing remains controversial.
While negation is suggested to modulate the access of word meaning, no such evidence …
While negation is suggested to modulate the access of word meaning, no such evidence …
Negation processing in children with ADHD: The generic problem of using negation in instructions
Recent studies have suggested that negation comprehension falls back onto inhibitory brain
systems that are also crucial for impulse control and other non-linguistic control domains …
systems that are also crucial for impulse control and other non-linguistic control domains …
Testing two-step models of negative quantification using a novel machine learning analysis of EEG
S Ramotowska, K Archambeau… - Language, Cognition …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The sentences “More than half of the students passed the exam” and “Fewer than half of the
students failed the exam” describe the same set of situations, and yet the former results in …
students failed the exam” describe the same set of situations, and yet the former results in …
Negation impacts sentence processing in the N400 and later time windows: Evidence from multivariate pattern analysis of EEG
Y He, J Sommer, S Hansen-Schirra, A Nagels - 2022 - psyarxiv.com
The neurocognitive mechanism underlying negation processing remains controversial.
While negation is suggested to modulate the access of word meaning, no such evidence …
While negation is suggested to modulate the access of word meaning, no such evidence …
[HTML][HTML] Pictorial vs. linguistic negation: Investigating negation in imperatives across different symbol domains
C Dudschig, B Kaup - Acta psychologica, 2021 - Elsevier
The processing of negation is typically regarded as one of the most demanding cognitive
processes as it often involves the reversal of input information. As negation is also regarded …
processes as it often involves the reversal of input information. As negation is also regarded …
'Negation-blind'N400 effect disappears when lexical priming is controlled
Previous ERP studies showed that false affirmative sentences elicited a larger N400 than
their true versions, but they found the reverse pattern when the sentences were of negative …
their true versions, but they found the reverse pattern when the sentences were of negative …
[HTML][HTML] Expectation-based retrieval and integration in language comprehension
C Aurnhammer - 2024 - jahrbib.sulb.uni-saarland.de
To understand language, comprehenders must retrieve the meaning associated with the
words they perceive from memory and they must integrate retrieved word meanings into a …
words they perceive from memory and they must integrate retrieved word meanings into a …