Brain differences between bilinguals of differing proficiency: An empirical look at an emotional issue

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Chee, Michael W L ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHINESE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 13444258099     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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