The neurophysiology of syntactic structure building

• Grant number: 23/17520-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Shigeru Miyagawa
• Grantee: Patricia Silva de Camargo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/18900-1 - Innovations in human and non-human animal communities, AP.SPEC
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/00861-3 - DATA ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY SIGNALS TO EXPLORE SPEECH PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that the development of a phrase structure grammar emerged in humans from the increasing complexity of certain brain networks. We intend to create experimental tasks sensitive to syntactic processing using multichannel EEG. The fellow is expected to i) conduct a comprehensive review of works investigating language syntactic processing in the brain, especially in electrophysiological studies, and ii) plan one or more studies allowing for a deeper investigation of the networks involved in these processes, starting with multichannel EEG and advancing to ECoG. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to other ongoing research as common interests arise.