Error-related activity and correlates of grammatical plasticity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Davidson, Doug J ^a   Indefrey, Peter ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Error related activity; Language learning; Morphosyntax; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860490688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00219     Document Type: Article

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