What Causes Stuttering?

The mystery of a sometimes debilitating speech disorder is examined by cognitive neuroscientists

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2004-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020046PMID 14966540PMCID 340949
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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