Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 41-50 , January 2009

The effect of mastication on human cognitive processing: A study using event-related potentials

  • Kiwako Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
    • Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. Tel.: +81 564 55 7810; fax: +81 564 52 7913.
    • ,
  • Hiroki Nakata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
    • School of Health Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryusuke Kakigi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
    • Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

,Accepted 1 October 2008.

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Clinical Neurophysiology
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