Interactions between sentence context and word frequencyinevent-related brainpotentials

Cyma Van Petten; Marta Kutas

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journal article Jul 01, 1990

Interactions between sentence context and word frequencyinevent-related brainpotentials

Cyma Van Petten Marta Kutas

Memory & Cognition Vol. 18 No. 4 pp. 380-393 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jul 01, 1990
Vol/Issue: 18(4)
Pages: 380-393
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Departments of Cognitive Science and of Neurosciences, University of California , San Diego, California, USA

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Cyma Van Petten, Marta Kutas (1990). Interactions between sentence context and word frequencyinevent-related brainpotentials. Memory & Cognition, 18(4), 380-393. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197127

Interactions between sentence context and word frequencyinevent-related brainpotentials

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