Spontaneous quantitative processing in Chinese singular and plural picture naming: An event-related potentials analysis

Cui，Li Yan1,2; Cheng，Wen Wen3; Shan，Sha Rui4; Lv，Wen1; Sun，Chen Ming1; Li，Run1; Zhou，Shu5; Chen，Zhuo Ming2; Bao，Sheng Yong1

2022-10-11

10.3389/fnins.2022.898526

Frontiers in Neuroscience   Impact Factor & Quartile

1662-4548

1662-453X

Chinese nouns lack inflection and cannot reflect the quantitative relationship between singular and plural numbers. However, neural processes of picture naming are different from those of words. We assume that Chinese single and plural picture naming is different, and they may involve quantitative processing. Therefore, Experiment 1 was designed by picking picture naming as the task and Chinese as the target language and compared the accuracy, reaction time, and event-related potentials (ERPs) between single and plural picture naming, where two types of pictures were mixed. Although the T-test showed no significant differences in behavioral data, there were differences in ERPs. ERP differences involved two effects: P1 of 160–180 ms and P2 of 220–260 ms in the parietal-occipital lobe. These differences are suggested to reflect the neural differences in quantitative processing. Therefore, Chinese singular and plural picture naming consists of word production and implicit quantitative processing simultaneously. To explore the relationship between the two processings, we added a semantic factor (inanimate vs. animate items) to the quantity factor of Experiment 1 and carried out Experiment 2, with the observation indexes unchanged. There were no significant differences in behavioral data among the four conditions. After variance analysis, ERPs results indicated an interaction between semantic and quantitative factors in the central area at 180–280 ms. In summary, we suggest that Chinese singular and plural picture naming includes two simultaneous neural processing tasks: word production and quantitative processing, which interact in the central area at 180–280 ms.

Chinese event-related potentials (ERP) picture naming plural quantitative processing singular word production

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National Key R&D Program of China[2020YFC2005700] ; Guangdong Science and Technology Project[2021A1414020006]

Neurosciences & Neurology

Neurosciences

WOS:000876421300001

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

2-s2.0-85140625401

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1.Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,Shenzhen People’s Hospital,The Second Clinical Medical College,Jinan University,The First Affiliated Hospital,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,Guangdong,China
2.Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,Guangzhou,China
3.Department of Neurology,Maoming People’s Hospital,Maoming,China
4.Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University,Guangzhou,China
5.Department of Neurology,Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,China

Cui，Li Yan,Cheng，Wen Wen,Shan，Sha Rui,et al. Spontaneous quantitative processing in Chinese singular and plural picture naming: An event-related potentials analysis[J]. Frontiers in Neuroscience,2022,16.

Cui，Li Yan.,Cheng，Wen Wen.,Shan，Sha Rui.,Lv，Wen.,Sun，Chen Ming.,...&Bao，Sheng Yong.(2022).Spontaneous quantitative processing in Chinese singular and plural picture naming: An event-related potentials analysis.Frontiers in Neuroscience,16.

Cui，Li Yan,et al."Spontaneous quantitative processing in Chinese singular and plural picture naming: An event-related potentials analysis".Frontiers in Neuroscience 16(2022).