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Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
Volume 2010, Article ID 350269, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/350269
Research Article

A Semantic Model to Study Neural Organization of Language in Bilingualism

M. Ursino, C. Cuppini, and E. Magosso

Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, I40136 Bologna, Italy

Received 18 June 2009; Accepted 1 December 2009

Academic Editor: Fabio Babiloni

Copyright © 2010 M. Ursino et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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