Chinese character recognition in mirror reading: Evidence from event-related potential

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-368

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Qiu, Jiang ^a   Huang, He ^a   Zhang, Qinglin ^a   Bao, Baier ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Mirror reading; N2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHINA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649171809     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590802500190     Document Type: Article

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