Language suppression effects on the categorical perception of colour as evidenced through ERPs

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Campos, Jennifer L ^b,c,d   Teeter, Christopher ^b   Tao, Weidong ^a   Zhang, Qinglin ^a   Sun, Hong Jin ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour category; Colour discrimination; Hemifield differences; Hemispheric asymmetry; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77955274027     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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