Broca's area and language processing: Evidence for the cognitive control connection

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 906-924

  Novick, Jared M ^a   Trueswell, John C ^b   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957351457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00244.x     Document Type: Review

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