Language of the Aging Brain: Event-Related Potential Studies of Comprehension in Older Adults

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 623-638

  Wlotko, Edward W ^a   Lee, Chia Lin ^a   Federmeier, Kara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 77957159408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00224.x     Document Type: Review

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