The time-course of metaphor comprehension: An event-related potential study

Brain and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-316

  Pynte, Joël ^a,b   Besson, Mireille ^a   Robichon, Fabrice Henri ^a   Poli, Jézabel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030448683     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0107     Document Type: Article

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