Discourse, syntax, and prosody: The brain reveals an immediate interaction

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1421-1434

  Kerkhofs, Roel ^a   Vonk, Wietske ^a,b,c   Schriefers, Herbert ^a   Chwilla, Dorothee J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548385858     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.9.1421     Document Type: Article

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