The neural basis of non-native speech perception in bilingual children

NeuroImage

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-63

  Archila Suerte, Pilar ^a   Zevin, Jason ^b   Ramos, Aurora Isabel ^a   Hernandez, Arturo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Development; Learning; Neuroscience; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NERVE NET; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84870984217     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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