Long-range neural synchronization supports fast and efficient reading: EEG correlates of processing expected words in sentences

NeuroImage

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-132

  Molinaro, Nicola ^a   Barraza, Paulo ^b   Carreiras, Manuel ^a,c  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticipatory processes; EEG gamma synchronization; EEG theta synchronization; ERPs; Phase locking value; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; READING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873704000     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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