@article{BuddPaulmannBarryetal.2013,
  author    = {Budd, Mary-Jane and Paulmann, Silke and Barry, Christopher and Clahsen, Harald},
  title     = {Brain potentials during language production in children and adults - an ERP study of the English past tense},
  series = {Brain \& language : a journal of the neurobiology of language},
  volume    = {127},
  journal   = {Brain \& language : a journal of the neurobiology of language},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {San Diego},
  issn      = {0093-934X},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.bandl.2012.12.010},
  pages     = {345 -- 355},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The current study examines the neural correlates of 8-to-12-year-old children and adults producing inflected word forms, specifically regular vs. irregular past-tense forms in English, using a silent production paradigm. ERPs were time-locked to a visual cue for silent production of either a regular or irregular past-tense form or a 3rd person singular present tense form of a given verb (e.g., walked/sang vs. walks/sings). Subsequently, another visual stimulus cued participants for an overt vocalization of their response. ERP results for the adult group revealed a negativity 300-450 ms after the silent-production cue for regular compared to irregular past-tense forms. There was no difference in the present form condition. Children's brain potentials revealed developmental changes, with the older children demonstrating more adult-like ERP responses than the younger ones. We interpret the observed ERP responses as reflecting combinatorial processing involved in regular (but not irregular) past-tense formation.},
  language  = {en}
}