The N400 in beginning readers

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-166

  Coch, Donna ^a,c   Holcomb, Phillip J ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Event related potentials; N400 component; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SCORING SYSTEM;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0041737675     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10129     Document Type: Article

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