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Interhemispheric asymmetries for verb and noun meanings of “ambiguous” linguistic stimuli (words) were observed in human scalp recordings of click-evoked brain activity. Linguistic stimuli elicited responses of greater magnitude in the dominant hemisphere. Within-hemisphere response latencies and waveforms were different for verb and noun forms of the stimulus word; whereas between-hemisphere waveforms were similar for a given stimulus word form.
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Supported in part by Equipment Grant GB14665 from the National Science Foundation, Research Grant 19314 from the National Institute of Mental Health, and Research Scientist Award MH06650 from the National Institute of Mental Health (to R.F.T.), Predoctoral Fellowship MH48912 from the National Institute of Mental Health (to R.A.R.), and Postdoctoral Fellowship MH35534 from the National Institute of Mental Health (to T.J.T.).
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Teyler, T.J., Roemer, R.A., Harrison, T.F. et al. Human scalp-recorded evoked-potential correlates of linguistic stimuli. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 333–334 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334362
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334362