New advances in understanding sensitive periods in brain development

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Thomas, Michael S C ^a,b   Johnson, Mark H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Plasticity; Sensitive periods

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849201026     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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