Neural processing of speech in children is influenced by extent of bilingual experience

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 585, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-53

  Krizman, Jennifer ^a,b,c,e   Slater, Jessica ^a,c,e   Skoe, Erika ^a,c,e,f   Marian, Viorica ^b,c,e   Kraus, Nina ^a,c,d,e  

^a Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory   (United States)

^b Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ^*  (United States)

^d Institute for Neuroscience   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Bilingual experience; Brainstem; Fundamental frequency; Neural consistency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BILINGUALISM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CHILD; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SPEECH; AGE; MULTILINGUALISM; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84911880065     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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