Short-Term Second Language and Music Training Induces Lasting Functional Brain Changes in Early Childhood

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 394-406

  Moreno, Sylvain ^a   Lee, Yunjo ^a   Janus, Monika ^b   Bialystok, Ellen ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84925345921     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12297     Document Type: Article

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