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Early effects of semantic meaning on electrical brain activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Wolfgang Skrandies
Wolfgang Skrandies
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, [email protected] www.med.uni-giessen.de/physio/
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Abstract

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.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 301 - 302
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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