Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain

Annual Review of Linguistics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 377-394

  Kroll, Judith F ^a   Dussias, Paola E ^a   Bice, Kinsey ^a   Perrotti, Lauren ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual; brain; event related potential; mind; monolingual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925246294     PISSN: 23339683     EISSN: 23339691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-linguist-030514-124937     Document Type: Review

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