Is word perception in a second language more vulnerable than in one's native language? Evidence from brain potentials in a dual task setting

Brain and Language

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-579

  Hohlfeld, Annette ^a   Mierke, Karsten ^b   Sommer, Werner ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Dual task; Event related brain potentials; Language perception; N400; Task load

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME; RUSSIA; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 2142670633     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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