Cerebellar-dependent delay eyeblink conditioning in adolescents with Specific Language Impairment

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-251

  Steinmetz, Adam B ^a   Rice, Mabel L ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cerebellum; Conditioned learning; Eyeblink conditioning; Specific Language Impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650170983     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-010-9058-z     Document Type: Article

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