Immediate integration of novel meanings: N400 support for an embodied view of language comprehension

Brain Research

Volumn 1183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-123

  Chwilla, Dorothee J ^a   Kolk, Herman H J ^a   Vissers, Constance T W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract symbol theories of meaning; Embodied theories of meaning; ERPs; Integration model; Language; Latent semantic analysis; N400; Theories of meaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 36048963653     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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