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Towards a neurobiology of information structure

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dc.contributor.authorBornkessel Schlesewsky, I.
dc.contributor.authorSchumacher, P.B.
dc.contributor.editorFéry, C.
dc.contributor.editorIshihara, S.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionLink to a related website: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199642670.001.0001, doi of book
dc.description.abstractThis chapter reviews neurophysiological and neuroanatomical investigations of information structural notions, with a view to working towards a neurobiologically grounded perspective. It first considers components of a neurobiologically plausible theory of information structure and outlines candidate mechanisms for higher-order cognitive processing, namely prediction and mental modelling, attention orientation, memory, and inferencing. The chapter then proceeds to neuroscientific investigations of information structure, highlighting differences between sentence- and text-level processing and discussing findings for the information structural notions of givenness, focus, and topic, before presenting further insights from syntax-induced information structural effects. The chapter concludes with a discussion of neurobiological models of information structure processing.
dc.identifier.citationSource details - Title: The Oxford handbook of information structure, 2016 / Féry, C., Ishihara, S. (ed./s), Ch.29, pp.581-598
dc.identifier.isbn9780199642670
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/126742
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 editorial matter and organization Caroline Féry and Shinichiro Ishihara, the chapters their several authors
dc.source.urihttp://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199642670.001.0001
dc.subjectneurobiology
dc.subjectinformation structure
dc.titleTowards a neurobiology of information structure
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916130996901831

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