Bilingual language switching and the frontal lobes: Modulatory control in language selection

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-124

  Meuter, Renata F I ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bilingual speech production; frontal lobes language; switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996229828     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069020060020101     Document Type: Article

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