Oscillatory neuromagnetic activity induced by language and non-language stimuli

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Eulitz, Carsten ^a,c   Maess, Burkhard ^b   Pantev, Christo ^c   Friederici, Angela D ^b   Feige, Bernd ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked magnetic field; Cell assembly; Language; Lexical processing; Magnetaencephalography; MEG; Oscillatory brain activity; Visual evoked magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0007094384     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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