Processing anaphoric constructions: Insights from electrophysiological studies

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-266

  Callahan, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphora; Electrophysiology; Event related potentials (ERPs); Language; Referential processing

Indexed keywords

ANAPHORA; COGNITION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; THEORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 40949120627     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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