The human brain processes syntax in the absence of conscious awareness

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 8528-8533

  Batterink, Laura ^a   Neville, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877311692     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0618-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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