Brain potentials during reading reflect word expectancy and semantic association
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Summary
The amplitude of the N400 component of the e.r.p.ps was found to be an inverse function of the subject's expectancy for the terminal word as measured by its ‘Cloze probability’, which suggests N400 may reflect processes of semantic priming or activation.
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- 1984-01-12
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Keywords
N400, Psychology, Semantic memory, Event-related potential, Expectancy theory
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