When the cat barks and the guitar has a bow: Neurocognitive signatures of processing perplexing text

Whenever we process text, we seek to construct an integrated, coherent, and accurate mental representation of the state of affairs described by the text. To do so, we often need to go beyond the literal text in front of us and generate inferences about what might be happening next. When those expectations are violated, we need to revise our understanding. Recent research sheds light on those processes and their neural signature.

Source: Psychonomic Society News - July 17, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news