Event-related brain potential markers of high-language proficiency in adults Export

@article{citeulike:3110294, abstract = {The central issue addressed is whether there are electrophysiological markers for high-language proficiency in adults. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded in 19 young adults who demonstrated either "normal" or "high" language proficiency. ERPs were obtained during a sentence-processing task and analyzed for specific response components elicited by different word types. The ERPs in the normal and high-language proficiency groups were similar for early sensory related processing but differed in the later components thought to be more closely related to lexical access and post-lexical processing. The findings for the ERP waveforms suggest that adults with high-language proficiency show slightly faster lexical access over left anterior brain regions for closed class items, and a reduced reliance on contextual information contained in sentences.}, author = {Weber-Fox, Christine and Davis, Laura J. and Cuadrado, Elizabeth}, citeulike-article-id = {3110294}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00587-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WC0-485P7BP-7/2/1b83bc767f90e5624be853971b33097c}, doi = {10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00587-4}, journal = {Brain and Language}, keywords = {pfund}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {231--244}, posted-at = {2009-01-19 06:41:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Event-related brain potential markers of high-language proficiency in adults}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00587-4}, volume = {85}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3110294 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3110294 N2 - The central issue addressed is whether there are electrophysiological markers for high-language proficiency in adults. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded in 19 young adults who demonstrated either "normal" or "high" language proficiency. ERPs were obtained during a sentence-processing task and analyzed for specific response components elicited by different word types. The ERPs in the normal and high-language proficiency groups were similar for early sensory related processing but differed in the later components thought to be more closely related to lexical access and post-lexical processing. The findings for the ERP waveforms suggest that adults with high-language proficiency show slightly faster lexical access over left anterior brain regions for closed class items, and a reduced reliance on contextual information contained in sentences. IS - 2 JF - Brain and Language EP - 244 TI - Event-related brain potential markers of high-language proficiency in adults VL - 85 SP - 231 KW - pfund AU - Weber-Fox, Christine AU - Davis, Laura AU - Cuadrado, Elizabeth PY - 2003/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00587-4 ER -