Word-specific repetition effects revealed by MEG and the implications for lexical access

Brain and Language

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-509

  Almeida, Diogo ^a,b   Poeppel, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Lexical access; MEG; N400; P2; Repetition priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LEXICAL ACCESS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; REPETITION PRIMING; STIMULUS;

EPISODIC MEMORY; LEXICAL ACCESS; MEG; N400; P2; REPETITION PRIMING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888019983     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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