The Effects of Disfluency
Disfluent sentences have a direct effect on the way a sentence structure is built in the parsers mind. Depending on its location within a sentence, a dis-fluency either aids in the computation of a sentence or forces the parser to linger on the sentence for longer. It is observed that the more an individual lingers on an incorrect parse, the more it is likely that the sentence will end up being interpreted incorrectly. There also appears that the presence of a disfluency in a sentence-caused by filled and long silent parses-does not elicit the P600. Instead they elicit another ERP component N400, which gets activated when people try to integrate a new word to the preceding sentence's context.
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