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Research Article

Near-infrared-spectroscopic study on processing of sounds in the brain; a comparison between native and non-native speakers of Japanese

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Pages 568-574 | Received 18 Nov 2015, Accepted 20 Dec 2015, Published online: 15 Feb 2016

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