Exploring cross-linguistic vocabulary effects on brain structures using voxel-based morphometry

Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Green, David W ^a   Crinion, Jenny ^a   Price, Cathy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34447283581     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728907002933     Document Type: Article

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