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dc.contributor.authorHardy, Sophie M.
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Ole
dc.contributor.authorWheeldon, Linda Ruth
dc.contributor.authorMazaheri, Ali
dc.contributor.authorSegaert, Katrien
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T10:58:30Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T10:58:30Z
dc.date.created2023-01-16T15:55:47Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationHardy, S. M., Jensen, O., Wheeldon, L. R., Mazaheri, A. & Segaert, K. (2022). Modulation in alpha band activity reflects syntax composition: an MEG study of minimal syntactic binding. Cerebral Cortex, 33 (3), 497-511.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1460-2199
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3064481
dc.description.abstractSuccessful sentence comprehension requires the binding, or composition, of multiple words into larger structures to establish meaning. Using magnetoencephalography, we investigated the neural mechanisms involved in binding at the syntax level, in a task where contributions from semantics were minimized. Participants were auditorily presented with minimal sentences that required binding (pronoun and pseudo-verb with the corresponding morphological inflection; “she grushes”) and pseudo-verb wordlists that did not require binding (“cugged grushes”). Relative to no binding, we found that syntactic binding was associated with a modulation in alpha band (8–12 Hz) activity in left-lateralized language regions. First, we observed a significantly smaller increase in alpha power around the presentation of the target word (“grushes”) that required binding (−0.05 to 0.1 s), which we suggest reflects an expectation of binding to occur. Second, during binding of the target word (0.15–0.25 s), we observed significantly decreased alpha phase-locking between the left inferior frontal gyrus and the left middle/inferior temporal cortex, which we suggest reflects alpha-driven cortical disinhibition serving to strengthen communication within the syntax composition neural network. Altogether, our findings highlight the critical role of rapid spatial–temporal alpha band activity in controlling the allocation, transfer, and coordination of the brain’s resources during syntax composition.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleModulation in alpha band activity reflects syntax composition: an MEG study of minimal syntactic bindingen_US
dc.title.alternativeModulation in alpha band activity reflects syntax composition: an MEG study of minimal syntactic bindingen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Nevrologi: 752en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.source.pagenumber497-511en_US
dc.source.volume33en_US
dc.source.journalCerebral Cortexen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac080
dc.identifier.cristin2107916
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