Left-hemisphere advantage for click consonants is determined by linguistic significance and experience

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Best, Catherine T ^a,b   Avery, Robert A ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0040216891     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00108     Document Type: Article

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