Early effects of semantic meaning on electrical brain activity
When words are read, the visual cortex is activated, independent of whether visual or motor associations are elicited. This word-evoked brain activity is significantly influenced by semantic meaning. Such effects occur very early after stimulus presentation (at latencies between 80 and 130 msec), in...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Behavioral and brain sciences 1999-04, Vol.22 (2), p.301-302 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | When words are read, the visual cortex is activated,
independent of whether visual or motor associations are elicited.
This word-evoked brain activity is significantly influenced by
semantic meaning. Such effects occur very early after stimulus
presentation (at latencies between 80 and 130 msec), indicating
that semantic meaning activates different neuronal assemblies
in the human visual cortex when words are processed. |
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| ISSN: | 0140-525X 1469-1825 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X99441822 |