Derived stimulus relations, semantic priming, and event-related potentials: Testing a behavioral theory of semantic networks

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 417-433

  Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a   Staunton, Carmel ^f   Whelan, Robert ^b   Barnes Holmes, Yvonne ^a   Commins, Sean ^a   Walsh, Derek ^a   Stewart, Ian ^c   Smeets, Paul M ^d   Dymond, Simon ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Derived equivalence relations; Event related potentials; Humans; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 27844601782     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.78-04     Document Type: Review

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