The Picture of the Linguistic Brain: How Sharp Can It Be? Reply to Fedorenko & Kanwisher

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 605-622

  Grodzinsky, Yosef ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77957143282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00222.x     Document Type: Review

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