The N400 is modulated by unconsciously perceived masked words: Further evidence for an automatic spreading activation account of N400 priming effects

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-39

  Kiefer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Masked semantic priming; N400; Unconscious perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TAPE RECORDER;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036185251     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(01)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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