Reasoning with exceptions: An event-related brain potentials study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-480

  Pijnacker, Judith ^a   Geurts, Bart ^a   Van Lambalgen, Michiel ^b   Buitelaar, Jan ^a,c,d   Hagoort, Peter ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650140007     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21360     Document Type: Article

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