The role of gender information in pronoun resolution: Evidence from Chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Qiu, Lijing ^a   Swaab, Tamara Y ^b   Chen, Hsuan Chih ^c   Wang, Suiping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LINGUISTICS;

ADULT; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861216812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036156     Document Type: Article

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