Semantic transparency and masked morphological priming: An ERP investigation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-521

  Morris, Joanna ^a   Frank, Tiffany ^b   Grainger, Jonathan ^c,d   Holcomb, Phillip J ^b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

ERP; Masked priming; Morphology; N400

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 34250214523     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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