Does Linguistic Input Play the Same Role in Language Learning for Children With and Without Early Brain Injury?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-102

  Rowe, Meredith L ^a   Levine, Susan C ^a   Fisher, Joan A ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

early brain injury; functional plasticity; language development; lesion characteristics; linguistic input

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58449130367     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012848     Document Type: Article

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