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Similar and distinct neural mechanisms underlying semantic priming in the languages of the French-Spanish bilingual children

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Similar and distinct neural mechanisms underlying semantic priming in the languages of the French-Spanish bilingual children. / Sirri, Louah; Rämä, Pia.
In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.2019, p. 93-102.

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Sirri L, Rämä P. Similar and distinct neural mechanisms underlying semantic priming in the languages of the French-Spanish bilingual children. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2019 Jan;22(1):93-102. Epub 2017 Nov 27. doi: 10.1017/S1366728917000578

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Sirri, Louah ; Rämä, Pia. / Similar and distinct neural mechanisms underlying semantic priming in the languages of the French-Spanish bilingual children. In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2019 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 93-102.

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