Language acquisition: Do as you hear

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2002, Pages R736-R737

  Théoret, Hugo ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a Lab for Magnetic Brain Stimulation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HAPLORHINI; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; HAPLORHINI; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 0037195286     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01251-4     Document Type: Review

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