Manipulating letter fluency for words alters electrophysiological correlates of recognition memory

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 849-861

  Lucas, Heather D ^a,b   Paller, Ken A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Explicit memory; Familiarity; Fluency; Implicit memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ERP; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FAMILIARITY; FLUENCY; IMPLICIT MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882657167     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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