Language acquisition in premature and full-term infants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3823-3828

  Peña, Marcela ^a,b,c   Pittaluga, Enrica ^d   Mehler, Jacques ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Development; Gamma band oscillations; Preterm infant; Rhythm; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77649252491     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914326107     Document Type: Article

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