Identifying the null subject: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-312

  Demestre, Josep ^a   Meltzer, Sheila ^a   García Albea, José E ^a   Vigil, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033127250     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023258215604     Document Type: Article

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