True Or False? How Our Brain Processes Negative Statements

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 22:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Previous research has suggested that including negative words in the middle of a sentence can throw off our brains and make it more difficult to understand. A new study reveals that the way negative statements are processed in the brain depends on the structure of the sentence itself. This indicates that negation, when it is useful and informative, does not make it more challenging for the brain to understand the negative meaning of the statement.

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