Does the character-based dimension of stories impact narrative processing? An event-related potentials (ERPs) study

Autor: Alessandra Chiera, Ines Adornetti, Daniela Altavilla, Alessandro Acciai, Erica Cosentino, Valentina Deriu, Christopher McCarroll, Serena Nicchiarelli, Viviana Preziotti, Francesco Ferretti
Přispěvatelé: Chiera, Alessandra, Adornetti, Ine, Altavilla, Daniela, Acciai, Alessandro, Cosentino, Erica, Deriu, Valentina, Mccarroll, Christopher, Nicchiarelli, Serena, Preziotti, Viviana, Ferretti, Francesco
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cognitive processing. 23(2)
ISSN: 1612-4790
Popis: This event-related potentials (ERPs) study investigated on-line processes of integration of information relating to characters in narrative comprehension. The final sample included twenty-nine participants who read short third-person stories in which the plausibility of the characters’ actions was manipulated. Stories were administered in three conditions: a character-based congruent condition including a target word that was consistent with the character’s job; a character-based incongruent condition with a target word inconsistent with the character’s job; a character-based neutral condition, narrating the action of a character presented by his/her proper name without information about his/her job. Results comparing the ERPs elicited by the experimental conditions revealed a greater negative amplitude of the N400 in the right temporal regions in response to the character-based incongruent compared to the character-based congruent narratives. This finding shows that implicit background character-based information affects the N400, with readers rapidly using this information to comprehend narratives.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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