What characterizes changing-state speech in affecting short-term memory? An EEG study on the irrelevant sound effect

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1669-1680

  Schlittmeier, Sabine J ^a   Weisz, Nathan ^b   Bertrand, Olivier ^c,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; EEG ERP; Language Speech; Learning Memory; Normal Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755139630     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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