Development of executive control and language processing

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-89

  Mazuka, Reiko ^a,b   Jincho, Nobuyuki ^a   Oishi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59849113035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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