Language learning impairments: Integrating basic science, technology, and remediation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 210-219

  Tallal, Paula ^a,c   Merzenich, Michael M ^b,c   Miller, Steve ^c   Jenkins, William ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Scientific Learning Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Autism; Central auditory processing; Dyslexia; Language impairment; Learning; Neural plasticity; Phonological processing; Temporal integration and segmentation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031729867     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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