@article{f7e5503a9bf64854977d5ef5f5df4c46,
title = "The processing of presuppositional information contained in sentences: Electrophysiological correlates",
abstract = "In an attempt to observe how the brain processes presuppositional information, event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 12 scalp electrodes placed over the left and right hemispheres of 10 adult subjects as they listened to sentences that contained either factive or nonfactive verbs. The stimulus sentences had been time-compressed to a duration of less than 1.25 sec, allowing ERPs to be recorded over their entire length. A Principal Components Analysis/Analysis of Variance procedure provided evidence that the brain responses could discriminate between factive and nonfactive conditions. It was concluded that the processing of presupposition represents a multidimensional phenomenon that changes across cortical space and time.",
author = "Wetzel, {W. Frederick} and Molfese, {Dennis L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is based on the Ph.D. dissertation by the lirst author, supervised by the second author, and submitted to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The authors thank Drs. Patricia Carrel], David Gilbert, Victoria Molfese, and Ken Ruder for their comments and suggestions during the course of this project, and Dr. Vince Samar and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. We gratefully acknowledge the many hours of assistance provided by the graduate students in the Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory at SIU-C, including Jacqueline C. Beta, Cindy Peters, Steven Linnville, Christine Adams, Carol Boliek, Leslie MacGregor, Kimberly Baldwin, John Oestreicher, Victoria Evans, and Lynnette Harris. Support for this work was provided in part by the National Science Foundation (BNS 8004429 and BNS 8210846) the National Foundation/March of Dimes (12-13), and the Office of Research Development and Administration (2-113%), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Requests for reprints should be addressed to W. Frederick Wetzel, Ph.D., Department of Social Sciences and Business, Owensboro Community College, Owensboro, KY 42303.",
year = "1992",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/0093-934X(92)90102-K",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "286--307",
journal = "Brain and Language",
issn = "0093-934X",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "3",
}