The Relationship Between N2 and N400: Scalp Distribution, Stimulus Probability, and Task Relevance

Psychophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 185-200

  Deacon, Diana ^a   Breton, Françloise ^a   Ritter, Walter ^a   Vaughan, Herbert G ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related brain potentials; N2; N400

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025934350     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1991.tb00411.x     Document Type: Article

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