Posterior N1 asymmetry to English and Welsh words in Early and Late English-Welsh bilinguals

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-133

  Grossi, Giordana ^a   Savill, Nicola ^b   Thomas, Enlli ^b   Thierry, Guillaume ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; ERP; Posterior N1; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

EID: 77955276310     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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