Implicit and explicit mechanisms of word learning in a narrative context: An event-related potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3181-3196

  Batterink, Laura ^a   Neville, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD LEARNING; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053559475     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00013     Document Type: Article

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