Plasticity in the adult language system: A longitudinal electrophysiological study on second language learning

NeuroImage

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 774-783

  Stein, M ^a   Dierks, T ^a   Brandeis, D ^b   Wirth, M ^a   Strik, W ^a   Koenig, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENGLAND; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33749257087     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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