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Experiment III 133<br />

<strong>of</strong> syntactic regularity, an <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>of</strong> syntactic regularity × anterior-posterior distribution,<br />

<strong>and</strong> an <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>of</strong> syntactic regularity × hemisphere × attention. This <strong>in</strong>dicates<br />

a significant difference <strong>of</strong> the two experimental conditions with a prom<strong>in</strong>ently<br />

anterior distribution. Furthermore, the hemispheric weight<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the N5 was different<br />

for the attentive <strong>and</strong> the non-attentive part <strong>of</strong> the experiment. The same result was revealed<br />

by the user-def<strong>in</strong>ed contrasts: for both groups, the N5 was significant <strong>in</strong> the two<br />

anterior ROIs (left: F(1,30) = 8.08, p = 0.008; right: F(1,30) = 7.57, p = 0.010). The two<br />

subgroups did not differ <strong>in</strong> their ERP response to the regular vs. irregular chords <strong>in</strong> the<br />

N5 time range (reflected by the lack <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>teractions <strong>of</strong> syntactic regularity × subgroup).<br />

This result is <strong>in</strong> accordance with earlier evidence from adults (Koelsch, Schmidt et al.,<br />

2002).<br />

Table 11-2 Overview <strong>of</strong> the results <strong>of</strong> the ANOVAs used to statistically evaluate the ERP components<br />

(ERAN, N5, <strong>and</strong> LSN). These had the factors syntactic regularity (regularity), anteriorposterior<br />

distribution (region), hemisphere, attention (fixation cross vs. silent movie), <strong>and</strong><br />

subgroup (musically tra<strong>in</strong>ed vs. non-musically tra<strong>in</strong>ed children).<br />

ERAN N5 LSN<br />

F(1,30) p F(1,30) p F(1,30) p<br />

regularity 43.63

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