The N400 potential could index a semantic inhibition

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 472-477

  Debruille, J Bruno ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation; Distractor; Event related potential; Inhibition; Integration; Knowledge; N400

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; KNOWLEDGE; N400 EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTIC INHIBITION; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 36448932344     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.10.001     Document Type: Review

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