Semantic processing in native and second language: Evidence from hemispheric differences in fine and coarse semantic coding

Brain and Language

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-233

  Faust, Miriam ^a   Ben Artzi, Elisheva ^b   Vardi, Nili ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KINNERET COLLEGE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hemispheres; Non native language; Priming; Second language; Semantic coding theory; Semantic processing; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEBREW; HEMISPHERIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELD;

CEREBRUM; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869494803     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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