PSYCH 240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Language Acquisition, Auditory Cortex, Language Processing In The Brain
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Kiki and bouba demo (kiki is the sharper object, and bouba is the rounder object) Language levels: phonemes: different in different languages, smallest units of sound. Phrase structures same words can sometimes be grouped into phrases differently which changes meaning. Role of vision in speech perception: mcgurk effect. Language processing is predictive: n400, erp technique, cloze probability. If the word at the end of the sentence is unexpected (low cloze probability), you will observe the n400. Take-away: priming of all possible meanings occurs at first, and then we select the context appropriate meaning. Active voice easier than passive voice sentences for semantically reversible sentences, but not semantically irreversible sentences suggests interaction of syntax & semantics during comprehension. Word salad - able to speak well but not able to understand / not able to speak coherently. The problem of language acquisition (what must be learned):
