Bilingual semantic memory revisited – erp and fmri evidence

Neural Basis of Semantic Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 105-130

  Kotz, Sonja A ^a   Elston Güttler, Kerrie E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544965.005     Document Type: Chapter

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