Syntactic working memory and the establishment of filler-gap dependencies: Insights from ERPs and fMRI

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-338

  Fiebach, Christian J ^a   Schlesewsky, Matthias ^b   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broca's area; ERPs; fMRI; Syntax; Wh questions; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY;

EID: 0035350514     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010447102554     Document Type: Article

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