Neural dynamics during simultaneous processing of music and language

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Event Abstract Back to Event Neural dynamics during simultaneous processing of music and language Elisa Carrus1*, Marcus Pearce1, Geraint Wiggins1 and Joydeep Bhattacharya1 1 Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom Neural mechanisms underlying the processing of music and language have received increasing attention in recent years. Electrophysiological research based on event-related potentials has suggested a possible overlap of resources involved in the processing of syntax in language and music (Koelsch et al., 2005). However, these studies relied exclusively on signal averaging techniques, which do not adequately represent oscillatory electrical brain activity. Aims: the primary aim of the study was to investigate the neural dynamics involved in simultaneous processing of language and melodies. Analyses of oscillatory responses as well as phase synchronization were carried out in order to understand the degree of locally and globally synchronized neuronal assemblies. Multivariate EEG signals were recorded while participants processed visually presented sentences and auditorily presented melodies. Expected or unexpected melodies occurred synchronously with four types of language sentences: correct, incorrect syntax, incongruous semantics, incorrect syntax and incongruous semantics. Music stimuli were built following a computational model developed by Pearce and Wiggins (2006). Melodies were either highly probable or highly improbable in the context of information content. A pattern of neural interactions between music and language processing was revealed suggesting shared neural resources in the processing of music and language. Keywords: Language, Music Conference: XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI), Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 25 Sep - 29 Sep, 2011. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster Sessions: Neural Bases of Language Citation: Carrus E, Pearce M, Wiggins G and Bhattacharya J (2011). Neural dynamics during simultaneous processing of music and language. Conference Abstract: XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI). doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2011.207.00198 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 21 Nov 2011; Published Online: 28 Nov 2011. * Correspondence: Dr. Elisa Carrus, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom, e.carrus@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Elisa Carrus Marcus Pearce Geraint Wiggins Joydeep Bhattacharya Google Elisa Carrus Marcus Pearce Geraint Wiggins Joydeep Bhattacharya Google Scholar Elisa Carrus Marcus Pearce Geraint Wiggins Joydeep Bhattacharya PubMed Elisa Carrus Marcus Pearce Geraint Wiggins Joydeep Bhattacharya Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.