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Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers

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Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. / Lee, Chia-Ying; Yen, Huei-Ling; Yeh, Pei-Wen et al.
In: Neuropsychologia, Vol. 50, No. 14, 12.2012, p. 3228-3239.

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Lee, C-Y, Yen, H-L, Yeh, P-W, Lin, W-H, Cheng, Y-Y, Tzeng, Y-L & Wu, H-C 2012, 'Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers', Neuropsychologia, vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 3228-3239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.025

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Lee, C-Y., Yen, H-L., Yeh, P-W., Lin, W-H., Cheng, Y-Y., Tzeng, Y-L., & Wu, H-C. (2012). Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. Neuropsychologia, 50(14), 3228-3239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.025

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Lee C-Y, Yen H-L, Yeh P-W, Lin W-H, Cheng Y-Y, Tzeng Y-L et al. Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. Neuropsychologia. 2012 Dec;50(14):3228-3239. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.025

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Lee, Chia-Ying ; Yen, Huei-Ling ; Yeh, Pei-Wen et al. / Mismatch responses to lexical tone, initial consonant, and vowel in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. In: Neuropsychologia. 2012 ; Vol. 50, No. 14. pp. 3228-3239.

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