Iconic gestures prime related concepts: An ERP study

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Wu, Ying Choon ^a   Coulson, Seana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447316755     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194028     Document Type: Article

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