Semantic processing of highly repeated concepts presented in single-word trials: Electrophysiological and behavioral correlates

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-220

  Renoult, Louis ^a,b   Brodeur, Mathieu B ^a,c   Debruille, J Bruno ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concreteness; Event related potentials; Multiple repetitions; Semantic memory; Single word trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953026133     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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