On the time course of accessing meaning in a second language: An electrophysiological and behavioral investigation of translation recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1165-1186

  Guo, Taomei ^a   Misra, Maya ^b   Tam, Joyce W ^b,c   Kroll, Judith F ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Electrophysiology; ERPs; Lexicon; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSLATING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872681587     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028076     Document Type: Article

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