Alpha band event-related desynchronization underlying social situational context processing during irony comprehension: A magnetoencephalography source localization study

Akimoto, Yoritaka; Takahashi, Hidetoshi; Gunji, Atsuko; Kaneko, Yuu; Asano, Michiko; Matsuo, Junko; Ota, Miho; Hanakawa, Takashi; Mazuka, Reiko; Kamio, Yoko

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2017.09.002

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“…However, alpha desynchronization was more pronounced for the pragmatics effect, while theta synchronization was more pronounced for the syntax effect, and the effects had different topographies, which the authors took to reflect that syntactic and pragmatic reanalyses recruit different brain networks. Similarly, Akimoto et al () also found stronger alpha desynchronization in the right anterior temporal lobe (which has been associated with evaluation of others' intentions; e.g., Binney, Hoffman, Ralph, & Matthew, ) in response to ironic sentences compared to the literal ones. Thus, alpha desynchronization might be an index of increased processing demands (or “deeper,” more thorough linguistic processing) for irony comprehension.…”

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The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

Prystauka

Lewis

2019

Language and Linguist. Compass

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The field of psycholinguistics is currently experiencing an explosion of interest in the analysis of neural oscillations—rhythmic brain activity synchronized at different temporal and spatial levels. Given that language comprehension relies on a myriad of processes, which are carried out in parallel in distributed brain networks, there is hope that this methodology might bring the field closer to understanding some of the more basic (spatially and temporally distributed, yet at the same time often overlapping) neural computations that support language function. In this review, we discuss existing proposals linking oscillatory dynamics in different frequency bands to basic neural computations and review relevant theories suggesting associations between band‐specific oscillations and higher‐level cognitive processes. More or less consistent patterns of oscillatory activity related to certain types of linguistic processing can already be derived from the evidence that has accumulated over the past few decades. The centerpiece of the current review is a synthesis of such patterns grouped by linguistic phenomenon. We restrict our review to evidence linking measures of oscillatory power to the comprehension of sentences, as well as linguistically (and/or pragmatically) more complex structures. For each grouping, we provide a brief summary and a table of associated oscillatory signatures that a psycholinguist might expect to find when employing a particular linguistic task. Summarizing across different paradigms, we conclude that a handful of basic neural oscillatory mechanisms are likely recruited in different ways and at different times for carrying out a variety of linguistic computations.

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The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

Prystauka

Lewis

2019

Language and Linguist. Compass

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“…Researcher explored the influence of speaking style on irony understanding, finding no difference in the P600 amplitude between the irony condition and the literal condition when the sarcastic speaker spoke irony ( Regel et al, 2010 ). Researcher also failed to reveal the difference in P600 amplitude between the ironic condition and the literal condition, who argue that irony does not necessarily elicit a stronger P600 response when integration requirements are relatively low ( Akimoto et al, 2017 ). Their study has provided rich background information covering faces to scene images.…”

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“…These outcomes may be resulted by the pragmatic expectations, in which the tendency of ironic speakers to give out ironic comments enhances the predictability of irony and affects the semantic processing. When irony can be predicted, fewer integration resources are occupied, and processing irony does not necessarily induce a larger amplitude P600 ( Akimoto et al, 2017 ).…”

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Neural activity during processing Chinese irony text: An event-related potential study

Shi

2022

Front. Neurosci.

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ObjectiveIrony as an indirect language with unpredictability consumes more cognitive resources, and is more difficult to understand than literal language. This study aims to explore the processing differences between irony and literal sentences using event-related potential (ERP) technology.Materials and methodsThree types of sentences were involved: sentences with predictable literal meaning, sentences with unpredictable literal meaning, and sentences with ironic meaning. The neural responses of the subjects were recorded when they read sentences.ResultsCompared to predictable literal meaning sentences, unpredictable literal meaning sentences and ironic meaning sentences elicited larger amplitude of N400 components. The difference was not significant between the latter two. In addition, there was no significant difference in P600 evoked by the three sentences.ConclusionIn the initial stage of irony processing, the low predictability may result in the difficulty in semantic comprehension, in which the processing patterns of unpredictable and ironic sentences are rather close. In the later stage of processing, ironic integration is not harder compared to literal sentence integration.

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“…Previous research suggests that gamma oscillations track the phonemic rate of speech, theta oscillations are modulated by the syllabic structure, and delta oscillations are sensitive to phrase boundaries (for review, see Kösem & van Wassenhove, 2017), phase-locking of neural oscillations to the phase of external physical stimuli such as speech – and intrinsic synchronization reflecting the generation of predictions of abstract linguistic units such as morphemes and words (see Meyer, Sun & Martin, 2020; Meyer, Grigutsch, Schmuck, Gaston & Friederici, 2015; and related commentaries). At higher levels of language processing, neural oscillations have been used to study: (i) semantic and syntactic structure building, including scenarios where such structure building is disrupted by semantic and syntactic anomalies (Bastiaansen, Magyari & Hagoort, 2010; Davidson & Indefrey, 2007; Lewis, Schoffelen, Schriefers & Bastiaansen, 2016; Kielar et al, 2014; Kielar, Panamsky, Links & Meltzer, 2015), (ii) anticipatory (Piai, Anderson, Lin, Dewar, Parvizi, Dronkers & Knight, 2016; Rommers, Dickson, Norton, Wlotko & Federmeier, 2017) and referential processing (Meyer et al, 2015; Nieuwland & Martin, 2017), (iii) situationally dependent and nonliteral language (Akimoto, Takahashi, Gunji, Kaneko, Asano, Matsuo, Ota, Kunugi, Hanakawa, Mazuka & Kamio, 2017; Canal, Pesciarelli, Vespignani, Molinaro & Cacciari, 2017) and (iv) working memory pertaining to sentence level meaning comprehension (Meltzer & Braun, 2011; Vassileiou, Meyer, Beese & Friederici, 2018; Rommers & Federmeier, 2018) as well as the role of the sensorimotor networks in language comprehension (Lam, Bastiaansen, Dijkstra & Rueschemeyer, 2017; Moreno, de Vega & León, 2013; Moreno, de Vega, León, Bastiaansen, Lewis & Magyari, 2015).…”

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Riding the (brain) waves! Using neural oscillations to inform bilingualism research

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The study of the brains’ oscillatory activity has been a standard technique to gain insights into human neurocognition for a relatively long time. However, as a complementary analysis to ERPs, only very recently has it been utilized to study bilingualism and its neural underpinnings. Here, we provide a theoretical and methodological starter for scientists in the (psycho)linguistics and neurocognition of bilingualism field(s) to understand the bases and applications of this analytical tool. Towards this goal, we provide a description of the characteristics of the human neural (and its oscillatory) signal, followed by an in-depth description of various types of EEG oscillatory analyses, supplemented by figures and relevant examples. We then utilize the scant, yet emergent, literature on neural oscillations and bilingualism to highlight the potential of how analyzing neural oscillations can advance our understanding of the (psycho)linguistic and neurocognitive understanding of bilingualism.

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Alpha band event-related desynchronization underlying social situational context processing during irony comprehension: A magnetoencephalography source localization study

Cited by 10 publications

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The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

The power of neural oscillations to inform sentence comprehension: A linguistic perspective

Neural activity during processing Chinese irony text: An event-related potential study

Riding the (brain) waves! Using neural oscillations to inform bilingualism research

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