Neural correlates of abstract rule learning: An event-related potential study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2617-2624

  Sun, Fang ^a,b   Hoshi Shiba, Reiko ^a,c,d   Abla, Dilshat ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,c,d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abstract rule learning; Event related potential; N400 like negativity

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT RULE LEARNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865567618     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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