Is word-level lexical stress sensitivity affected by downregulation to the left superior temporal gyrus using TMS?

Williams, Gareth J. and Bedwell, Stacey A. and Boatman, C.A. and Mitra, Suvobrata (2020) Is word-level lexical stress sensitivity affected by downregulation to the left superior temporal gyrus using TMS? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 58. ISSN 0911-6044

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Abstract

This paper reports two experiments using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to investigate whether word-level lexical stress involves the left superior temporal gyrus (STG) using a grammar classification task designed to elicit a typicality effect. Experiment 1 used text presented stimuli and, although was not able to elicit a typicality effect, found response times were significantly slower in the no TMS condition compared to when the, control, right PAR region was down- regulated. In Experiment 2, speech was presented instead of text and accuracy and response times were similar across all three conditions. A lexical decision control task found evidence, from response time analysis, that the left STG and the right PAR were involved in word and nonword judgments. The discussion explores the findings relative to lexical stress and the role of cortical regions in word and response processing.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.jneuroling.2020.100980
Dates:	Date Event 8 December 2020 Accepted 14 December 2020 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lexical stress, Prosody, Word-level, Speech, TMS
Subjects:	CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-01 - psychology (non-specific)
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Psychology
Depositing User:	Stacey Bedwell
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2020 10:42
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2024 13:03
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10544

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