When persons disagree: An ERP study of Unagreement in Spanish

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1361-1371

  Mancini, Simona ^a   Molinaro, Nicola ^a   Rizzi, Luigi ^b   Carreiras, Manuel ^a,c,d  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agreement; ERPs; N400; P600; Person; Unagreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052756169     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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