The amplitude of N400 ERPs was markedly lower in the right than in the left hemisphere for abstract words as compared to concrete words.Both amplitudes were lower for abstract relative to concrete words.This is evidence of __________.
A)serial position effect
B)Pavio's dual-coding hypothesis
C)semantic priming
D)natural categories

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The N400 component is an event-related potential (ERP) in the brain that is sensitive to the processing of meaning in language. The finding that the amplitude of N400 ERPs was markedly lower for abstract words as compared to concrete words, and particularly in the right hemisphere, supports Paivio's dual-coding hypothesis. This hypothesis suggests that concrete words, which can be encoded both verbally and through imagery, are more easily processed and remembered than abstract words, which are less likely to have visual representations.

The Amplitude of N400 ERPs Was Markedly Lower in the Right