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Brilmayer, Ingmar, Werner, Alexandra, Primus, Beatrice, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina and Schlesewsky, Matthias (2019). The exceptional nature of the first person in natural story processing and the transfer of egocentricity. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 34 (4). pp. 411-427. Taylor & Francis.

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Abstract

Human language enables us to externalise self-internal information (e.g. emotions or beliefs that are not readily accessible to others). Thus, language bridges the gap between the self and the other (e.g. Frith and Frith, 2010) in a way that possibly no other communication system can provide. In many languages, the difference between the self and others is directly reflected in the distinction between first (“I”), second (“you”) and third person (“he, she”) marking. In the present study, we compared ERPs to first, second and third person pronouns during the comprehension of an audio-book version of The Little Prince. Our results revealed a strong P300 response following first person pronouns that is independent of contextual factors. In line with previous research on self-relevance and the P300 (e.g. Knolle, Schröger, and Kotz, 2013b), our results suggest that first- person marking is an attentional cue for self-relevance that is at the core of successful narrative comprehension.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brilmayer, Ingmar ingmar.brilmayer@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Werner, Alexandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Primus, Beatrice UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Ina Ina.Bornkessel-Schlesewsky@unisa.edu.au UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schlesewsky, Matthias Matthias.Schlesewsky@unisa.edu.au UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-463248
DOI:	10.1080/23273798.2018.1542501
Journal or Publication Title:	Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 411-427
Date:	2019
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 3: Deutsche Sprache und Literatur > Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Literatur I
Subjects:	Psychology Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language naturalistic stimuli UNSPECIFIED pronouns UNSPECIFIED self-relevance UNSPECIFIED P300 UNSPECIFIED event-related potentials UNSPECIFIED
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/46324