Neural organization and plasticity of language

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-258

  Neville, Helen J ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032053102     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80148-7     Document Type: Article

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