Insights from electrophysiology: Functional modularity of semantic memory revealed by event-related brain potentials

Neural Basis of Semantic Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 65-104

  Kounios, John ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84855443155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544965.004     Document Type: Chapter

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