Critical period for first language: The crucial role of language input during the first year of life

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-34

  Friedmann, Naama ^a   Rusou, Dana ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DEAFNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84934952943     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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