What developmental disorders can tell us about the nature and origins of language

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1226-1229

  Marcus, Gary ^a   Rabagliati, Hugh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DATA BASE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 33748993421     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1766     Document Type: Review

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