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Ravid, Dorit; Bar-On, Amalia; Dattner, Elitzur – AILA Review, 2013
Linguistics and Communication Disorders are considered two different disciplines by most students and scholars in both fields as well as by researchers working in other relevant fields such as psychology and education. However, most core disorders, disabilities and delays in communicative ability directly concern language, especially in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Psychology, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
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Uylings, H. B. M. – Language Learning, 2006
This review describes the prenatal and postnatal development of the human cortex. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, dendrite maturation, synaptogenesis, and white matter development are discussed. In addition, the concept of "critical" or "sensitive" periods is discussed as well as genetic and environmental influences (Nature-Nurture). The effects…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain