An Exploration of Sentence Processing on the Basic of Semantic Illusion Effect

Abstract

Abstract: Semantic Illusion Effect indicates that semantic-plausible illusion occurs when readers process semantically anomalous sentences and the errors could only be recognized when the sentence was reprocessed. This phenomenon, in which a semantically thematic anomalous, syntactically well-formed sentence elicits a P600 effect, but no N400 effect, called the Semantic Illusion Effect. This phenomenon challenged the traditional theory of sentence processing and the functional role of N400 component and P600 component. On the basis of exploring the Semantic Illusion Effect, researchers have proposed several models, each model proposed different architecture with different semantic/syntactic streams and illustrated the relationship between them in a brand-new perspective. They also reinterpreted the functional role of N400 and P600. There were different perspectives on N400, such as ″integration″ view and ″lexical pre-activation″ view. The P600 was seen as a component reflecting aspects of combinatorial processing, not just simple syntactic processing. We propose that future research should focus on lexical semantic relationship, similarity between P600 and P3 and cross-linguistic differences in Language processing.

Key words: semantic illusion effect, syntax, semantics, P600, N400.

摘要： “语义错觉效应”是指读者在加工某些语义违例句子时，会暂时性地产生语义合理错觉，而只有通过继续加工或者再加工才能辨别出错误的现象，在脑电成分上表现为没有出现N400效应，却出现P600效应。“语义错觉效应”对传统的句子加工理论模型以及N400和P600的特异性功能意义提出了质疑。研究者在讨论此效应的基础上提出了多个句子加工模型，各模型对语义和句法加工的过程进行了探索，对语义和句法通道的关系做出了新的阐述，并对N400和P600的功能意义做出了新的解读。目前研究对N400功能的解释存在语义整合观和词汇激活观的分歧，而对P600功能的解释则从传统的句法功能转换到了更宽泛的加工过程。未来研究应关注词汇语义关系和跨语言差异，以期进一步揭示句子加工的认知及神经机制。

关键词: 语义错觉效应, 句法, 语义, P600, N400。

CLC Number:

B842

Ma Xie, Hu Na, Chen Rui, Wang Xiaoxi, Wang Kai, Liu Yan. An Exploration of Sentence Processing on the Basic of Semantic Illusion Effect[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(4): 568-576.

马谐, 胡娜, 陈睿, 王晓曦, 王凯, 刘艳. 基于语义错觉效应的句子加工探索[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(4): 568-576.

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