The brain is a prediction machine that cares about good and bad - Any implications for neuropragmatics?

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-208

  Van Berkum, Jos J A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective system; Cognitive neuroscience; EEG; Prediction; Proactive brain; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858438599     PISSN: 11202726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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