Gesture influences the processing of figurative language in non-native speakers: ERP evidence

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 471, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Ibáñez, Agustín ^a,b,c   Manes, Facundo ^b   Escobar, Josefina ^a,e   Trujillo, Natalia ^d   Andreucci, Paola ^a,e   Hurtado, Esteban ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Contextual modulation; ERP; Gesture; LPC; Metaphor; N400; Second language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GESTURE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949092721     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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