Nature Neuroscience
2, 103 - 104 (1999)
doi:10.1038/5657
Speech boundaries, syntax and the brainCyma Van Petten2
& Paul Bloom11
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
bloom@u.arizona.edu
2
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
vanpettc@u.arizona.edu
Speech comprehension requires rapid decoding of grammatical relationships.
Electrical scalp recordings show that the brain responds immediately to intonational
cues signifying phrase boundaries. Thus, these cues may control initial decisions
about sentence structure.
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