Multiple routes for compound word processing in the brain: Evidence from EEG

Brain and Language

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-229

  MacGregor, Lucy J ^a   Shtyrov, Yury ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compounds; Dual route; ERPs; Language; MMN; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

COMPOUNDS; DUAL-ROUTE; ERPS; LANGUAGE; MMN; SPEECH;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879489392     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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