The human brain and the origins of language;Le cerveau humain et les origines du langage

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-180

  Habib, Michel ^a   Joanette, Yves ^b   Lecours, André Roch ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOLUTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH; TRAINING;

EID: 0034057094     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/10608/1618     Document Type: Review

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