Maturational constraints on functional specializations for language processing: ERP and behavioral evidence in bilingual speakers

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-256

  Weber Fox, Christine M ^a   Neville, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MATURATION; CHINESE; DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029967375     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.3.231     Document Type: Article

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