An ERP study of continuous speech processing: II. Segmentation, semantics, and syntax in non-native speakers

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 214-227

  Sanders, Lisa D ^a,b   Neville, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Bilingual; Lexical; Plasticity; Semantic; Speech segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

ADULT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037298675     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(02)00194-5     Document Type: Article

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