title: Event-related potential parameters of category and property violations during semantic category-based induction.
abstract: Previous studies have failed to clarify the event-related potentials (ERPs) that occur in response to categorization and property inferences during category-based induction. The present study examined ERP differences among acceptable-induction conclusions, unrelated-category conclusions, and unrelated-property conclusions to dissociate categorization and property-inference processing during category-based induction. The results showed that: (a) conclusions with categories that were unrelated to the premise evoked greater frontal N2 amplitudes, smaller P3b amplitudes, and greater N400 amplitudes, compared to conclusions with categories that were logically related to the premise; and (b) conclusions with unrelated properties evoked larger late positive components (LPCs) during the 700-800ms time interval compared to conclusions with related properties. These results suggest that the N2-P3b-N400 effects reflect categorization violations, while the LPCs are related to property violations during category-based induction, therefore, the ERP responses to category-related and property-related processes are dissociated respectively during category-based induction.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Changquan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Cognition and Human Behavior of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, 410081, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Antao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of MOE, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Research Centre for Brain Function and Psychological Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. Electronic address: lihongwrm@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001244:Association; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012660:Semantics; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Category-based induction; LPCs; Late positive components; N2–P3b–N400