Memory traces for tonal language words revealed by auditory event-related potentials

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1353-1360

  Gu, Feng ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a,b   Wang, Xiaodong ^a,b   Hou, Qiongqiong ^a,b   Huang, Yina ^a,b   Chen, Lin ^a,b  

^a University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Auditory ERP; Disyllabic word; Memory trace; Pseudoword; Tonal language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866350388     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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