Gamma band synchronization and the formation of representations in visual word processing: Evidence from repetition and homophone priming

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2088-2096

  Matsumoto, Atsushi ^a,b   Iidaka, Tetsuya ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949113065     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20136     Document Type: Article

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