Genetics and language: A neurobiological perspective on the missing link (-ing hypotheses)

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-387

  Poeppel, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional anatomy; Linguistics; Neural circuit

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855172048     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-011-9097-0     Document Type: Article

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