Prediction in language processing has been a topic of major interest in psycholinguistics for
at least the last two decades, but most investigations focus on semantic rather than syntactic …

The capacity for language is a defining property of our species, yet despite decades of
research, evidence on its neural basis is still mixed and a generalized consensus is difficult …

Auditory sentence comprehension involves processing content (semantics), grammar
(syntax), and intonation (prosody). The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) is involved in sentence …

Temporal prediction assists language comprehension. In a series of recent behavioral
studies, we have shown that listeners specifically employ rhythmic modulations of prosody to …

This study investigates the predictability effects of pitch accent on word recognition using the
sandhi rule in Kansai Japanese (KJ). Native KJ speakers and native Tokyo Japanese (TJ) …

The capacity for language is a defining property of our species, yet despite decades of
research, evidence on its neural basis is still mixed and a generalized consensus is difficult …

Contrastive pitch accents can mark sentence elements occupying parallel roles. In “Mary
kissed John, not Peter”, a pitch accent on Mary or John cues the implied syntactic role of …

This study examined infants' ability to perceive changes in the pitch contour of music and
speech and its developmental changes. Japanese 6-and 10-month-old infants were …