title: Towards dynamical system models of language-related brain potentials.
abstract: Event-related brain potentials (ERP) are important neural correlates of cognitive processes. In the domain of language processing, the N400 and P600 reflect lexical-semantic integration and syntactic processing problems, respectively. We suggest an interpretation of these markers in terms of dynamical system theory and present two nonlinear dynamical models for syntactic computations where different processing strategies correspond to functionally different regions in the system's phase space.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK, p.r.beimgraben@reading.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beim Graben
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerth
authors.forename: Shravan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasishth