In the present article, the basic research using the mismatch negativity (MMN) and
analogous results obtained by using the magnetoencephalography (MEG) and other brain …

In this review, we will present a model of brain events leading to conscious perception in
audition. This represents an updated version of Näätänen's previous model of automatic and …

Language-related event-related potential (ERP) components such as the N400 have
traditionally been associated with linguistic or cognitive functional interpretations. By …

Which aspects of language and cognitive processing take place irrespective of whether
subjects focus their attention on incoming stimuli and are, in this sense, automatic? The …

How long does it take the human mind to grasp the idea when hearing or reading a
sentence? Neurophysiological methods looking directly at the time course of brain activity …

Neurobiology of Language explores the study of language, a field that has seen tremendous
progress in the last two decades. Key to this progress is the accelerating trend toward …

A late neurophysiological response, the N400, is well known to reflect word processing and
semantic context integration. Nevertheless, behavioural and neurophysiological data have …

Neuroscience has greatly improved our understanding of the brain basis of abstract lexical
and semantic processes. The neuronal devices underlying words and concepts are …

There is a considerable linguistic debate on whether phrasal verbs (eg, turn up, break down)
are processed as two separate words connected by a syntactic rule or whether they form a …

It has been a matter of debate whether the specifically human capacity to process syntactic
information draws on attentional resources or is automatic. To address this issue, we …