A Bilingual Advantage in Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 994-999

  Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^a   Albareda Castellot, Bàrbara ^a   Weikum, Whitney M ^b   Werker, Janet F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bilingualism; infant development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866412236     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612436817     Document Type: Article

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