Context-dependent semantic processing in the Human brain: Evidence from idiom comprehension

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 762-776

  Rommers, Joost ^a   Dijkstra, Ton ^b   Bastiaansen, Marcel ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 84875521000     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00337     Document Type: Article

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