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Speech boundaries, syntax and the brain

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Speech comprehension requires rapid decoding of grammatical relationships. Electrical scalp recordings show that the brain responds immediately to intonational cues signifying phrase boundaries. Thus, these cues may control initial decisions about sentence structure.

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Petten, C., Bloom, P. Speech boundaries, syntax and the brain. Nat Neurosci 2, 103–104 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5657

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