Brain potentials in the processing of complex sentences: An ERP study of control and raising constructions

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-154

  Featherston, Samuel ^a   Mante, Thomas F ^a   Clahsen, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034145471     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005188810604     Document Type: Article

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