Simultaneous interpreters as a model for neuronal adaptation in the domain of language processing

Brain Research

Volumn 1317, Issue , 2010, Pages 147-156

  Elmer, Stefan ^a   Meyer, Martin ^a   Jancke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Language training; Multilingualism; N400; Plasticity; Semantic decision task; Simultaneous interpreter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY TRAINING; SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETER; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; OCCUPATIONS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 75849158438     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.052     Document Type: Article

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