Processing different levels of syntactic hierarchy: An ERP study on Chinese

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1282-1293

  Jiang, Xiaoming ^a   Zhou, Xiaolin ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior negativity; ERP; Hierarchical structure; N400; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE;

EID: 61849119029     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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