An EEG-MEG dissociation between online syntactic comprehension and post hoc reanalysis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY, 2011, Pages

  Meltzer, Jed A ^a   Braun, Allen R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Complexity; Language; Reversibility; Semantic; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862122619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00010     Document Type: Article

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