The cognitive neuroscience of signed language

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 237-254

  Rönnberg, Jerker ^a   Söderfeldt, Birgitta ^b   Risberg, Jarl ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGN LANGUAGE;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 0034568273     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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