Contextual Information Modulates Initial Processes of Syntactic Integration: The Role of Inter- Versus Intrasentential Predictions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 871-882

  Bornkessel, Ina ^a   Schlesewsky, Matthias ^b   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

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

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0142073307     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.871     Document Type: Article

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