Simple composition: A magnetoencephalography investigation into the comprehension of minimal linguistic phrases

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2801-2814

  Bemis, Douglas K ^a   Pylkkänen, Liina ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951997264     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5003-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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