Access to numerical information is dependent on the modality of stimulus presentation in mental addition: A combined ERP and behavioral study

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-27

  Szucs, Dénes ^a   Csépe, Valéria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distance effect; Event related potential; N270; N400; Number; Numeral modality effect; Representation; Surface format

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1242337479     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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