Language development and the ontogeny of the dorsal pathway

Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Friederici, Angela D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Development; Fiber tract; Grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860356309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1663070X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnevo.2012.00003     Document Type: Article

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