Tracking real-time neural activation of conceptual knowledge using single-trial event-related potentials

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 970-983

  Amsel, Ben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual knowledge; Event related potentials; Language; Mixed effects model; Semantic memory; Timecourse; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954417595     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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