Neural systems mediating American Sign Language: Effects of sensory experience and age of acquisition

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-308

  Neville, Helen J ^b   Coffey, Sharon A ^b   Lawson, Donald S ^b   Fischer, Andrew ^b   Emmorey, Karen ^a   Bellugi, Ursula ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 0010254919     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1739     Document Type: Article

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