Distributed neuronal networks for encoding category-specific semantic information: The mismatch negativity to action words

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1083-1092

  Shtyrov, Yury ^a   Hauk, Olaf ^a   Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Event related potential (ERP); Human; Language; Memory trace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 1542329646     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03126.x     Document Type: Article

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