From Brain to Mind: Event-Related Potential Evidence for Sentence Comprehension Processes

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 754-781

  Urbach, Thomas P ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031286978     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764297040006006     Document Type: Article

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