New discoveries from the bilingual brain and mind across the life span: Implications for education

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-197

  Petitto, Laura Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 70649093153     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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