The neural basis of speech parsing in children and adults

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-406

  McNealy, Kristin ^a,b   Mazziotta, John C ^a,b,c   Dapretto, Mirella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949108330     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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