Evoked potential correlates of semantic meaning--A brain mapping study

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Skrandies, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain electrical topography; Evoked potential; Language; Semantic differential; Semantic meaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031838546     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(97)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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