Short-term plasticity in children's speech motor systems

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 660-674

  Walsh, Bridget ^a   Smith, Anne ^a   Weber Fox, Christine ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Motor control; Nonword repetition; Practice; Speech production; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOUTH; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845562643     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20185     Document Type: Article

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