The neural basis of language talent in bilinguals

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 211-213

  Perani, Daniela ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; NEUROLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BILINGUALS; BRAIN ACTIVATION; BRAIN DEACTIVATION; LANGUAGE TALENT;

BRAIN;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 18144377744     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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