The time course for language acquisition in biologically distinct populations: Evidence from deaf individuals

Brain and Language

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Ross, Danielle S ^a   Bever, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Deafness; Familial handedness; Language acquisition; Lateralization; Neurolinguistics; Sensitive period; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONCEPT FORMATION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DEAFNESS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; READING; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 1542268985     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00308-0     Document Type: Article

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