Context - And prosody-driven ERP markers for dialog focus perception in children

Brain Topography

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 229-242

  Pannekamp, Ann ^a   Van Der Meer, Elke ^a   Toepel, Ulrike ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dialog processing; Discourse; ERP; Focus; FPS; Language development; N400; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 80755128332     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-011-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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