Semantic Processing Of Unattended Words And Pseudowords In First And Second Language: An Erp Study

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-190

  Sinai, Alon ^a   Pratt, Hillel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attention; event related potentials; language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FIRST LANGUAGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SECOND LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE; VOICE ONSET TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141997980     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2003.14.2.177     Document Type: Article

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