Impact of second-language experience in infancy: Brain measures of first- and second-language speech perception

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Conboy, Barbara T ^a,b   Kuhl, Patricia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954571970     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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