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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Grammatical agreement is crucial for sentence comprehension.
  • Previous research linked short-lag agreement violations (under 2.5s) to left-lateralized brain potentials, suggesting detection of morphosyntactic errors.
  • The neural basis of agreement processing over longer temporal intervals remains less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neurophysiological effects of number agreement in sentences across varying temporal distances (1.75s to 3.25s).
  • To determine if the temporal interval between dependent words influences the brain's response to agreement violations.
  • To explore the role of working memory in processing agreement over extended durations.

Main Methods:

  • Sentences were presented word-by-word at different rates to manipulate temporal distances between the first and last word.
  • Electroencephalography (EEG) was used to record brain potentials.
  • Participants' working memory span was assessed.

Main Results:

  • A left-lateralized negativity was observed for agreement violations with temporal intervals under 2.5s.
  • An anterior, slightly right-lateralized negativity was found at a 3.25s interval.
  • At an intermediate 2.75s interval, left-electrode differences correlated with working memory span.

Conclusions:

  • The neural mechanisms for processing grammatical agreement change when the temporal dependency exceeds approximately 3 seconds.
  • Longer agreement domains engage different cognitive and neural resources compared to shorter ones.
  • Working memory capacity may play a role in managing agreement dependencies over extended temporal intervals.