‘Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts?’ with Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap

About this episode

The episode discusses the elicitation of mismatch negativity by abstract linguistic contrasts with researchers Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap.

In this episode, I talk with Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap about their paper ‘Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts?’, which was recently published as a Registered Report in Neurobiology of Language. Politzer-Ahles S, Jap BAJ. Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts? Neurobiol Lang 2024; 5: 818–843. [doi] Politzer-Ahles website Jap website

People in this episode

Host: Stephen M. Wilson

Guests: Steve Politzer-Ahles, Bernard Jap

Topics covered

• mismatch negativity
• linguistic contrasts
• neuroscience
• language processing
• cognitive science

Keywords

• mismatch negativity
• linguistic contrasts
• neuroscience
• cognitive science
• language processing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Neurobiology of Language

Books & works: Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts?

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