Cortical reorganization associated with the acquisition of Mandarin tones by American learners: An fMRI study

6th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wang, Yue ^a   Sereno, Joan A ^b   Jongman, Allard ^b   Hirsch, Joy ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AMERICAN ENGLISH; BRAIN ACTIVATION; CORTICAL REORGANIZATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LANGUAGE LEARNING; RIGHT HEMISPHERES; SENSITIVE REGIONS; TRAINING PROGRAM;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES;

EID: 85009154879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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