The N400 and the P300 are not all that independent

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 861-875

  Arbel, Yael ^a   Spencer, Kevin M ^b   Donchin, Emanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; N400; P300; PCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955510112     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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