Semantic integration in sentences and discourse: Evidence from the N400

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-671

  Van Berkum, Jos J A ^a   Hagoort, Peter ^b   Brown, Colin M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032692680     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892999563724     Document Type: Article

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