Electrophysiology of word processing: the lexical processing nature of the N400 priming effect (original) (raw)
Electrophysiological signs of priming 23 The N400 as a measure of semantic priming Aims of the thesis 30 Structure of the thesis 31 25 Chapter II The N400 as a function of the level of processing Introduction 34 Method 40 Results 44 Discussion 51 33 Chapter III An Event-Related Brain Potential analysis of visual word priming effects Introduction 58 Method 62 The lexical decision experiment 65 The silent reading experiment 75 General Discussion 82 57 Chapter IV The mechanism underlying backward priming: 89 Spreading of activation versus semantic matching Introduction 90 Method 98 Results юз Discussion 108 Chapter V The N400 and early stages of lexical processing us in a cross-modal priming paradigm Introduction 116 Method 119 Construction of the material 120 The gating study 121 The Event-Related Potential experiment 124 Method 124 Results 128 Discussion 133 The reaction time study 134 Method 135 Results 135 Discussion 137 General discussion 139 Chapter VI. Summary and concluding remarks 141 Lexical access versus integration 142 The N400 as an index of lexical integration 147 Problems for the postlexical integration view 148 Alternative views 150 Final conclusion ¡51 References 153 Appendices íes Samenvatting 183 Curriculum vitae 192
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