Biased to learn language

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GRNC Edifici Docent Sta Rosa ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 35548932487     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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