Buján Mera, AnaGaldo Álvarez, SantiagoLindín Novo, MónicaDíaz Fernández, Fernando2026-02-162026-02-162012Buján, A., Galdo-Álvarez, S., Lindín, M. and Díaz, F. (2012), An ERP study of face naming. Psychophysiol, 49: 980-990. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01374.xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/45936This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Buján, A., Galdo-Álvarez, S., Lindín, M. and Díaz, F. (2012), An ERP study of face naming. Psychophysiol, 49: 980-990, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01374.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.A famous-face naming task was used to establish the electrophysiological characterization of the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state, successful naming (K), and nonrecognition (DK). The differences in the direct event-related potentials (ERPs) and in the lateralized readiness potential between those categories were studied. The ERP correlates of recognition and access to semantic and lexical information were similar between K and TOT, but showed amplitude differences with respect to DK. A delayed onset of the response selection was obtained in TOT in comparison with K, suggesting an insufficient activation of phonological information from 360 ms onwards. The continuous search for the name and the conflict monitoring in TOT led to differences in ERP amplitudes between TOT and the other categories from 750 ms onwards as well as to a delayed onset of response preparation, indicating a continuous engagement of processing resources.engCognitionLanguage/SpeechLearning/MemoryNormal volunteersEEG/ERPjournal article10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01374.x1469-8986open access