Getting to the meaning of the regular past tense: Evidence from neuropsychology

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1087-1097

  Longworth, C E ^a   Marslen Wilson, W D ^b   Randall, B ^a   Tyler, L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22944437154     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929054475109     Document Type: Article

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