Priming and competition of associated memory representations: A comparison between response times and event-related potentials following lesions to left temporal cortex

Introduction The organisation of semantic memory underlies our use of language. Memory associations can facilitate behaviour (e.g., as seen in semantic priming), but can also interfere with selecting a response because of increased competition between activated representations (e.g., Piai et al., 20...

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Main Authors: Vitória Piai, Nina F Dronkers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2015.65.00087/full