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What can evoked potentials tell us about cognition?

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Commentary onVerlegerRolf (1988). Event-related potentials and cognition: A critique of the context updating hypothesis and an alternative interpretation of P3. BBS 11: 343–427.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Mark Johnson and
Mike Anderson
Mark Johnson
Affiliation:
MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London WC1H 0AH, England
Mike Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 1991, pp. 732 - 733
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