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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 321-338Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010447102554
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syntax; working memory; wh-questions; Broca's area; ERPs; fMRI
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in this contribution, we review an ERP experiment and an fMRI experiment which investigated the processing of German wh-questions, On the basis of the ERP results, we will discuss current models of sentence processing and resource distribution during sentence comprehension. We argue that there exists a separate cognitive or neural resource that supports syntactic working memory processes necessary for the temporary maintenance of syntactic information for the parser. In the context of wh-movement, such a memory component is necessary for establishing filler-gap dependencies. The data obtained from the fMRI experiment will be used to discuss the results of previous neuroimaging studies of sentence processing. It is claimed that syntactic working memory, rather than syntactic processing per se, is supported by Broca's Area.
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