Influence of bilingualism on memory generalization during infancy

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 812-816

  Brito, Natalie ^a   Barr, Rachel ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUES; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868097999     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.1184.x     Document Type: Article

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