Priming illusory words: An ERP approach

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-753

  Niedeggen, Michael ^a   Heil, Martin ^a   Ludowig, Eva ^a   Rolke, Bettina ^b   Harris, Catherine L ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Illusory words; N400 effect; Repetition blindness; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1242315638     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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