Multivariate pattern analysis of EEG reveals nuanced impact of negation on sentence processing in the N400 and later time windows
Yifei He, Johanna Sommer, Silvia Hansen‐Schirra, Arne Nagels- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Biological Psychiatry
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
- Neurology
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- General Neuroscience
Abstract
The neurocognitive mechanism underlying negation processing remains controversial. While negation is suggested to modulate the access of word meaning, no such evidence has been observed in the event‐related potential (ERP) literature on sentence processing. In the current study, we applied both univariate ERP and multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) methods to examine the processing of sentence negation. We investigated two types of negative congruent/incongruent sentence pairs with truth‐value evaluation (e.g., “A robin is a/not a