An electrophysiological study of task demands on concreteness effects: Evidence for dual coding theory

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-358

  Welcome, Suzanne E ^a   Paivio, Allan ^a   McRae, Ken ^a   Joanisse, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha band; Delta band; Imagery; N400; Semantic processing; Theta band; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DELTA RHYTHM; DUAL CODING THEORY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79960941811     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2734-8     Document Type: Article

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