Electrophysiological insights into language processing in schizophrenia

Psychophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 851-860

  Sitnikova, Tatiana ^a   Salisbury, Dean F ^b,c   Kuperberg, Gina ^b,d,e   Holcomb, Phillip J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context irrelevant semantic associations; Event related potentials; Language; N400; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0036869064     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.3960851     Document Type: Article

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