Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
fixation-related fMRI, syntatic networks, grammatical rules
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Neuroscience
Abstract
Humans comprehend language at varying levels of complexity. Syntax, in particular, deals with the arrangement of words and phrases into meaningful sentences. For instance, in English we expect most sentences to follow some variation of the order “Subject–Verb–Object” such as “The boy (Subject) ate (Verb) cake (Object).” On the surface, such grammatical rules seem simple. However, our understanding of how the brain implements these rules to understand sentences is incomplete.
Recommended Citation
Foster, Brent and Luke, Dr. Steven
(2018)
"Fixation-Related fMRI and Syntactic Networks in the Brain,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2018:
Iss.
1, Article 75.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/75