Differential age effects on lexical ambiguity resolution mechanisms

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 960-972

  Lee, Chia Lin ^a   Federmeier, Kara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged demented; EEG ERP; Individual differences; Language speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79957848290     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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