Incidental picture exposure affects later reading: Evidence from the N400

Brain and Language

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-69

  Coppens, Leonora C ^a   Gootjes, Liselotte ^a   Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; ERP; N400; Reading comprehension; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 84861979779     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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