Recently, the field of spoken-word production has seen an increasing interest in the use of
the electroencephalogram (EEG), mainly for event-related potentials (ERPs). These are
exciting times to be a language production researcher. However, no matter how much we
would like our results to speak to our theories, they can only do so if our methods are
formally correct and valid, and reported in ways that allow replicability. Inappropriate
practices in signal processing and statistical testing, when applied to our investigations, may …

This chapter provides a selective review of electrophysiological findings in the context of
healthy single-word production. Electrophysiological investigations have contributed to our
understanding of word production processes by providing a snapshot of what happens in
the brain at the subsecond scale, serving as an important complement to behavioral studies.
The reviewed literature illustrates the types of questions language production researchers
have tried to answer with electrophysiology from the early days of the field until recently. To …