Magnetoencephalography detection of early syntactic processing in humans: Comparison between L1 speakers and L2 learners of English

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Kubota, Mikio ^a,b   Ferrari, Paul ^b   Roberts, Timothy P L ^b  

^a SEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Across phrase violation; Case; Early left anterior negativity; Language; Magnetoencephalography; SF M150; Syntactic violation; Syntax; Within phrase violation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0345096621     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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