Long-term memory trace activation for vowels depends on the mother tongue and the linguistic context

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Peltola, Maija S ^a   Aaltonen, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Language learning; Mismatch negativity; Vowel perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENT; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 22944431837     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.19.3.159     Document Type: Article

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