The neural mechanisms of coreference

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1013-1037

  Ledoux, Kerry ^a   Camblin, C Christine ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56749164077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00088.x     Document Type: Review

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