The correlation between brain development, language acquisition, and cognition

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-418

  Wasserman, Leslie Haley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain research; Cognition; Early childhood education; Language acquisition; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248140204     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0155-x     Document Type: Article

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