Tracking the time course of word recognition with MEG.
Twenty years ago it was discovered that recognition of semantically unexpected words is associated with a special ERP signature - the N400. Pinpointing the precise functional significance of the N400 has, however, been difficult. Recent MEG studies of word processing reveal that, in fact, the N400 decomposes into several functionally distinct subcomponents, allowing for more fine-grained investigation of its significance.
Pylkkänen
Liina
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Department of Linguistics, New York University, 719 Broadway, 4th Floor, 10003, New York, NY, USA
Marantz
Alec
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