Modeling Language Acquisition in Atypical Phenotypes

Psychological Review

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-682

  Thomas, Michael S C ^a,b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHENOTYPE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0242677881     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.4.647     Document Type: Review

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