Table 2.
Calculated t-contrasts for the different morpho-syntactic aspects.
fMRI contrasts | ||
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Exp. 1: healthy speakers | Exp. 2: agrammatic speakers | |
Completeness | Simple complete CLUs in the 3W-condition vs. simple CLUs that are incomplete due to a missing verb in the 3W-condition | Simple complete CLUs vs. simple CLUs that are incomplete due to a missing verb |
Complexity | Complex complete CLUs in the NAT-condition vs. simple complete CLUs in the NAT-condition | Only A1: complex complete CLUs vs. simple complete CLUs |
Morphology | Simple complete CLUs in the NAT-condition vs. simple complete CLUs with morphological errors in the 3W-condition | Morphologically correct CLUs vs. CLUs with omission and/or substitution of closed class words |
Morpho-syntactic planning | Pauses/interjections between CLUs in the 3W-condition vs. pauses/interjections between CLUs in the NAT-condition | No comparable contrast |
Exp., experiment; CLU, clause-like unit; A1, patient A1.