Novelty, challenge, and practice: The impact of intensive language learning on attentional functions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Bak, Thomas H ^a,b   Long, Madeleine R ^a,b   Vega Mendoza, Mariana ^a   Sorace, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; SPEECH THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966320699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153485     Document Type: Article

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