Semantic priming in a first and second language: Evidence from reaction time variability and event-related brain potentials

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 237-262

  Phillips, Natalie A ^a,b,c   Segalowitz, Norman ^a,d   O'Brien, Irena ^d,e   Yamasaki, Naomi ^a,d  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b Intl Development Research Centre   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ctr for Study of Lrng/Performance   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Bilingualism; Event related brain potentials; N400; Response variability; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0346392558     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0911-6044(03)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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