Do u txt? Event-related potentials to semantic anomalies in standard and texted English

Brain and Language

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-148

  Berger, Natalie I ^a   Coch, Donna ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; ERP; N400 effect; Semantic processing; Texting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MULTILINGUALISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952542495     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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