From print to meaning: An electrophysiological investigation of the role of phonology in accessing word meaning

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 775-785

  Ziegler, Johannes C ^a   Benraïss, Abdelrhani ^b   Besson, Mireille ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Ctr Rech en Neurosci Cognitives   (France)

Author keywords

Homophone effect; N400; Phonological mediation; Semantic categorization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345061656     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299980952     Document Type: Article

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