Lexical priming and semantic integration reflected in the event-related potential of 14-month-olds.
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This study investigates by means of the event-related brain potential whether mechanisms of lexical priming and semantic integration are already developed in 14-month-olds. While looking at coloured pictures of known objects children were presented with basic-level words that were either congruous or incongruous to the pictures. The event-related potential of 14-month-olds revealed an early negativity in the lateral frontal brain region for congruous words, and a later N400-like negativity for incongruous words. These results indicate that both lexical priming and semantic integration are already present as early as 14 months.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuroreport
دوره 16 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005