The brain dynamics of linguistic computation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Murphy, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Biolinguistics; Dynome; Gamma; Neural oscillations; Syntax; Theta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947273981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01515     Document Type: Article

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