In one study of sentence parsing, electroencephalogram (EEG) was used to record electrical activity when participants heard sentences that were either correct, had a semantic anomaly, or had a statement that contained false information. The evidence from that study suggests that
A) electrical activity is the same, regardless of the content of the sentence.
B) our previous knowledge of the world influences how we parse sentences.
C) errors in syntax are worse than errors of semantics.
D) incorrect statements are associated with lower levels of brain activity than correct statements.
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