Integration of moral values during L2 sentence processing

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• dc.contributor.author Foucart, Aliceca
• dc.contributor.author Moreno Montes, Eva Maríaca
• dc.contributor.author Martin, Clara D.ca
• dc.contributor.author Costa, Albert, 1970-ca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-23T08:05:30Z
• dc.date.available 2018-07-23T08:05:30Z
• dc.date.issued 2015
• dc.description.abstract This study reports an event-related potential (ERP) experiment examining whether valuation (i.e., one's own values) is integrated incrementally and whether it affects L2 speakers' online interpretation of the sentence. We presented Spanish native speakers and French–Spanish mid-proficiency late L2 speakers with visual sentences containing value-consistent and value-inconsistent statements (e.g., ‘Nowadays, paedophilia should be prohibited/tolerated across the world.’). Participants' brain activity was recorded as they were reading the sentences and indicating whether they agreed with the statements or not. Behaviourally, the two groups revealed identical valuation. The ERP analyses showed both a semantic (N400) and an affect-related response (LPP) to value-inconsistent statements in the native group, but only an LPP in the non-native group. These results suggest that valuation is integrated online (presence of LPP) during L2 sentence comprehension but that it does not interfere with semantic processing (absence of N400).en
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Government (PSI2011-23033, CONSOLIDER-INGENIO2010 CSD2007-00048, ECO2011-25295, and ECO2010-09555-E), from the Catalan Government (SGR 2009-1521) and from the 7th Framework Programme (AThEME 613465). Clara Martin is supported by the Basque Foundation for Science (IKERBASQUE) and the BCBL institution.
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• dc.identifier.citation Foucart A, Moreno E, Martin CD, Costa A. Integration of moral values during L2 sentence processing. Acta Psychol. 2015;162:1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.09.009
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.09.009
• dc.identifier.issn 0001-6918
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35225
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevierca
• dc.relation.ispartof Acta Psychologica. 2015;162:1-12.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613465
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2011-23033
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.09.009
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• dc.subject.keyword Second language sentence comprehensionen
• dc.subject.keyword Semantic processingen
• dc.subject.keyword Moral valuesen
• dc.subject.keyword ERPsen
• dc.title Integration of moral values during L2 sentence processingca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion