Constraints on movement phenomena in sentence processing: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-524

  McKinnon, Richard ^a,b   Osterhout, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 21444433265     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909696387132     Document Type: Article

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