The importance of sound for cognitive sequencing abilities: The auditory scaffolding hypothesis

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 275-279

  Conway, Christopher M ^a   Pisoni, David B ^b   Kronenberger, William G ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Language; Prefrontal cortex; Sequence learning; Sound

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849111164     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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