Semantic priming increases left hemisphere theta power and intertrial phase synchrony

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-311

  Salisbury, Dean F ^a,b   Taylor, Grantley ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related oscillation; Event related potential; N400; Semantic priming; Theta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856758309     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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