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ArticleBilingualism (Cambridge, England)2018

Rethinking the critical period for language: New insights into an old question from American Sign Language.

Rachel I Mayberry, Robert Kluender

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Article in Bilingualism (Cambridge, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rachel I MayberryDepartment of Linguistics, University of California San Diego.
Robert KluenderDepartment of Linguistics, University of California San Diego.

Funding

Age of Acquisition effects on sign language development and brain processingR01DC012797 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MAYBERRY, RACHEL I · 2013 to 2023
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NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID30643489
PMCPMC6329394

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