Flexibility in embodied language processing: Context effects in lexical access

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-424

  Van Dam, Wessel O ^a,b   Brazil, Inti A ^b,c   Bekkering, Harold ^b   Rueschemeyer, Shirley Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Action; Conceptual flexibility; Embodiment; Lexical access; P2; Semantics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904872693     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12100     Document Type: Article

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