A superficial resemblance does not necessarily mean you are part of the family: Counterarguments to Coulson, King and Kutas (1998) in the P600/SPS-P300 debate

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Osterhout, Lee ^a   Hagoort, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033484166     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909699386356     Document Type: Article

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