Language, bilingualism, and executive functioning in early development

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 888-890

  Bruce Morton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 78651284548     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/04.11.28.PR0.107.6.888-890     Document Type: Article

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