Abstract
We report a replication of Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson, and Holcomb (1998). The results of our replication are largely consistent with the conclusions of the original study. We found evidence of a P600 component of the event-related potential (ERP) in response to syntactic violations in language and harmonic inconsistencies in music. There were some minor differences in the spatial distribution of the P600 on the scalp between the replication and the original. The experiment was pre-registered at https://osf.io/g3b5j/. We conducted this experiment as part of an undergraduate cognitive science research methods class at Vassar College; we discuss the practice of integrating replication work into research methods courses.
Highlights
Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson, and Holcomb (1998) found that violations of expected syntactic structure in language and violations of expected harmonic structure in music both elicit the P600 component of the event-related potential (ERP)
While previous work had established a link between the P600 component and syntactic violations in language (Osterhout & Holcomb, 1992, 1993; Osterhout, Holcomb, & Swinney, 1994), Patel and colleagues were the first to report a direct comparison of the P600 for violations of musical and linguistic structure, finding that
Patel et al (1998) concluded that “... the late positivities elicited by syntactically incongruous words in language and harmonically incongruous chords in music were statistically indistinguishable in amplitude and scalp distribution in the P600 latency range
Summary
Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson, and Holcomb (1998) found that violations of expected syntactic structure in language and violations of expected harmonic structure in music both elicit the P600 component of the event-related potential (ERP). The P600 is a positive ERP component that occurs approximately 600 ms after stimulus onset. While previous work had established a link between the P600 component and syntactic violations in language (Osterhout & Holcomb, 1992, 1993; Osterhout, Holcomb, & Swinney, 1994), Patel and colleagues were the first to report a direct comparison of the P600 for violations of musical and linguistic structure, finding that
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