Two functions of early language experience

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-340

  Arshavsky, Yuri I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period for language; Developmental dyslexia; Epigenetics; Linguistic gene; Microcephaly; Quantitative trait locus; Sign language; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH THERAPY; SYNAPSE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349179188     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.01.001     Document Type: Review

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