N400 to lexical ambiguity and semantic incongruity in schizophrenia

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Salisbury, Dean ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Homographs; Incongruity; N400; Schizophrenia; Semantic memory; Thought disorder; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER;

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 76749158804     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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