Word class and context affect alpha-band oscillatory dynamics in an older population

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Mellem, Monika S ^a   Bastiaansen, Marcel C M ^b,c   Pilgrim, Lea K ^d   Medvedev, Andrei V ^a   Friedman, Rhonda B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; EEG; Lexical semantic; Oscillatory dynamics; Reading; Theta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867129496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00097     Document Type: Article

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