Neural Correlates of Developmental Speech and Language Disorders: Evidence from Neuroimaging

Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-227

  Liégeois, Frédérique ^a   Mayes, Angela ^b   Morgan, Angela ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Childhood apraxia of speech; Communications disorders; Diffusion weighted MRI; Functional MRI; Language disorder; Motor speech disorder; MRI; Specific language impairment; Speech delay; Speech disorder; Speech sound errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991571080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-014-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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