Working memory and lexical ambiguity resolution as revealed by ERPs: A difficult case for activation theories

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 643-657

  Gunter, Thomas C ^a   Wagner, Susanne ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037765202     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2003.15.5.643     Document Type: Article

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