What is so critical?: A commentary on the reexamination of critical periods

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-331

  Armstrong, Vickie L ^a   Brunet, Paul M ^a   He, Chao ^a   Nishimura, Mayu ^a   Poole, Heather L ^a   Spector, Ferrinne J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE;

BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33646579610     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20135     Document Type: Note

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