Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using near infrared spectroscopy

The Educated Brain: Essays in Neuroeducation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 213-231

  Petitto, Laura Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489907.015     Document Type: Chapter

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