Regional differences in the listener's phonemic inventory affect semantic processing: A mismatch negativity (MMN) study

Brain and Language

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Brunellière, Angèle ^a   Dufour, Sophie ^a   Nguyen, Noël ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Mismatch negativity (MMN); Phoneme perception; Phonological variation; Semantic access

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953734246     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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