A robust index of lexical representation in the left occipito-temporal cortex as evidenced by EEG responses to fast periodic visual stimulation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-31

  Lochy, Aliette ^a   Van Belle, Goedele ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EEG; Fast periodic visual stimulation; Frequency tagging; Lexical access; Periodicity; Pseudowords; Reading; Steady state visual evoked potentials; Word perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAST PERIODIC VISUAL STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONWORD; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERIODICITY; PSEUDOFONT; PSEUDOWORD; SINUSOIDAL CONTRAST MODULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918775563     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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