Second language research using magnetoencephalography: a review

Second Language Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-166

  Schmidt, Gwen L ^a,b   Roberts, Timothy P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory cortex; auditory processing; electrophysiology; magnetoencephalography; Neuroimaging; speech processing; temporal signatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649216259     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658308098999     Document Type: Review

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