Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study
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Resumo: | Much of the recent research on discourse comprehension has centered on the readers' ability to construct coherent mental representations of texts. In order to form a unified representation of a given text, a reader must be able to join the information presented in the text with his/her background knowledge to construe the meaning that may not be explicitly stated, through the generation of inferences. In this study, the process of inference making by native speakers of English while reading two different types of text was investigated using electroencephalography (EEG). Subjects read narrative and expository paragraphs, and judged the plausibility of the final sentence of each four-sentence long paragraph by reference to the previous information. The analysis of data focused on the N400 component and on accuracy of behavioral responses. N400 amplitudes revealed that exposition was more demanding than narration in terms of semantic processing, whereas the behavioral data showed that subjects were more prone to generate inferences when reading exposition. Overall, this study suggests that these two types of text are processed differently by the brain, as revealed by the changes in the N400 component across the last sentences of the paragraphs. |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP studyinference makingnarrationEEGERPsN400Much of the recent research on discourse comprehension has centered on the readers' ability to construct coherent mental representations of texts. In order to form a unified representation of a given text, a reader must be able to join the information presented in the text with his/her background knowledge to construe the meaning that may not be explicitly stated, through the generation of inferences. In this study, the process of inference making by native speakers of English while reading two different types of text was investigated using electroencephalography (EEG). Subjects read narrative and expository paragraphs, and judged the plausibility of the final sentence of each four-sentence long paragraph by reference to the previous information. The analysis of data focused on the N400 component and on accuracy of behavioral responses. N400 amplitudes revealed that exposition was more demanding than narration in terms of semantic processing, whereas the behavioral data showed that subjects were more prone to generate inferences when reading exposition. Overall, this study suggests that these two types of text are processed differently by the brain, as revealed by the changes in the N400 component across the last sentences of the paragraphs.Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de São Paulo2009-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882009000200005Psychology & Neuroscience v.2 n.2 2009reponame:Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)instname:Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)instacron:PUCRJ10.3922/j.psns.2009.2.005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBaretta,LucianeTomitch,Lêda Maria BragaMacNair,NicolasLim,Vanessa KwanWaldie,Karen Elizabetheng2011-01-17T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1983-32882009000200005Revistahttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pnePRIhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppsycneuro@psycneuro.org1983-32881984-3054opendoar:2011-01-17T00:00Psychology & Neuroscience (Online) - Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)false |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study Baretta,Luciane inference making narration EEG ERPs N400 |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Inference making while reading narrative and expository texts: an ERP study |
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Baretta,Luciane |
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Baretta,Luciane Tomitch,Lêda Maria Braga MacNair,Nicolas Lim,Vanessa Kwan Waldie,Karen Elizabeth |
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Tomitch,Lêda Maria Braga MacNair,Nicolas Lim,Vanessa Kwan Waldie,Karen Elizabeth |
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Baretta,Luciane Tomitch,Lêda Maria Braga MacNair,Nicolas Lim,Vanessa Kwan Waldie,Karen Elizabeth |
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inference making narration EEG ERPs N400 |
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inference making narration EEG ERPs N400 |
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Much of the recent research on discourse comprehension has centered on the readers' ability to construct coherent mental representations of texts. In order to form a unified representation of a given text, a reader must be able to join the information presented in the text with his/her background knowledge to construe the meaning that may not be explicitly stated, through the generation of inferences. In this study, the process of inference making by native speakers of English while reading two different types of text was investigated using electroencephalography (EEG). Subjects read narrative and expository paragraphs, and judged the plausibility of the final sentence of each four-sentence long paragraph by reference to the previous information. The analysis of data focused on the N400 component and on accuracy of behavioral responses. N400 amplitudes revealed that exposition was more demanding than narration in terms of semantic processing, whereas the behavioral data showed that subjects were more prone to generate inferences when reading exposition. Overall, this study suggests that these two types of text are processed differently by the brain, as revealed by the changes in the N400 component across the last sentences of the paragraphs. |
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Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Universidade de Brasília Universidade de São Paulo |
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