Electrophysiological evidence of different interpretative strategies in irony comprehension

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 411-430

  Cornejo, Carlos ^a,c   Simonetti, Franco ^a   Aldunate, Nerea ^a   Ibáñez, Agustín ^b   López, Vladimir ^a   Melloni, Lucía ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Analytic strategy; Holistic strategy; Irony; N400; P300; Pragmatic interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 35448977756     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-007-9052-0     Document Type: Article

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