Interplay between morphology and frequency in lexical access: The case of the base frequency effect

Brain Research

Volumn 1373, Issue , 2011, Pages 144-159

  Vannest, Jennifer ^a   Newport, Elissa L ^b   Newman, Aaron J ^c   Bavelier, Daphne ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fMRI; Lexical access; Morphology (language); Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE FREQUENCY EFFECT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEXICAL ACCESS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151480245     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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