Electrophysiological correlates of language switching in second language learners

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Van Der Meij, Maartje ^a,b   Cuetos, Fernando ^b   Carreiras, Manuel ^a,c,d   Barber, Horacio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Code switching; ERP; Second language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650004197     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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