Linking behavioral and neurophysiological indicators of perceptual tuning to language

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Fava, Eswen ^a   Hull, Rachel ^a   Bortfeld, Heather ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Monolingual bilingual; Near infrared spectroscopy; Perceptual tuning; Sensory deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867072567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00174     Document Type: Article

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