On the early left-anterior negativity (ELAN) in syntax studies

Brain and Language

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-162

  Steinhauer, Karsten ^a   Drury, John E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline problems; Blocking effects; Early left anterior negativity (ELAN); Event related potentials (ERPs); LAN; N400; P600; Phrase structure violations; Syntax; Syntax first models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EARLY LEFT ANTERIOR NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PROCESS MODEL; READING; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84856602000     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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