An alternative perspective on "semantic P600" effects in language comprehension

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-73

  Bornkessel Schlesewsky, Ina ^a   Schlesewsky, Matthias ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animacy; Extended Argument Dependency Model; Language comprehension; N400; P600; Plausibility; Semantic P600; Semantic reversal anomalies; Semantics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICISM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 53749104451     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2008.05.003     Document Type: Review

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