An event-related potential study of development using visual semantic tasks

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-139

  Taylor, Margot J ^a   Eals, Marion ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Event related potentials; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029964986     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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