Multimodal integration supports neural processing of grammatical negation
Hatice Zora, Peter Hagoort, Aslı Özyürek · 2026
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Hatice Zora and co-authors watch brains process the word 'not' in a 2026 neurolinguistics study. Turkish marks negation with a suffix that also shifts the verb's stress, and speakers often flip a hand backward just before it, so gesture and melody both arrive as advance warning.
Electroencephalography showed the gesture grabbing early attention on its own, then softening the brain's surprise response when the suffix landed, meaning the hands helped the listener anticipate negation. Prosody amplified the effect only when gestures were present. Meaning, the study shows, is computed from the whole performing body, not words alone.
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| CREATOR | Hatice Zora, Peter Hagoort, Aslı Özyürek |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |