Brain potentials to mathematical syntax problems

Psychophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-591

  Martín Loeches, Manuel ^a,b   Casado, Pilar ^a   Gonzalo, Raquel ^a   De Heras, Lidia ^a   Fernández Frías, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; LAN; Language; P600; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CALCULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33750445989     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2006.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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