Studying neonates’ language and memory capacities with functional near-infrared spectroscopy

The measurement of newborns’ brain hemodynamic activity has improved our understanding of early cognitive processes, in particular of language acquisition. In this paper, we describe two experimental protocols adapted to study neonates’ speech processing capacities using functional near-infrared spe...

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Main Authors: Silvia eBenavides-Varela, David Maximiliano Gómez, Jacques eMehler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00064/full