Time for new thinking about sensitive periods

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Penhune, Virginia ^a,b   de Villers Sidani, Etienne ^b,c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS)   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain maturation; Brain plasticity; Cognitive development; Early experience; Neuro development

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUSIC TRAINING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SENSITIVE PERIOD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRAINING;

EID: 84898469600     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00055     Document Type: Editorial

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