Is syntactic working memory language specific?

Psihologija

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-101

  Kljajević, Vanja ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Gap filling; Interface modules; Musical syntax; Syntactic working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957726450     PISSN: 00485705     EISSN: 14519283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1001085K     Document Type: Article

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