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Sensitive Period Effects

Sensitive Period Effects is a theoretical construct in developmental science denoting a temporally bounded phase during which an organism exhibits heightened susceptibility to specific environmental stimuli that engender lasting changes in neural, cognitive, or behavioral development, distinguished from other developmental windows by the necessity of timely input for normal trait acquisition.

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Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project

Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox et al. · Science · 2007 · 956 citations

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A sensitive period for the acquisition of a nonnative phonological system

Susan Oyama · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research · 1976 · 655 citations

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Preliminary Evidence for Sensitive Periods in the Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Regional Brain Development

Susan L. Andersen, Akemi Tomada, Evelyn S. Vincow et al. · Journal of Neuropsychiatry · 2008 · 613 citations · Full text

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The influence of a sensitive period on central auditory development in children with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants

Anu Sharma, Michael F. Dorman, Andrej Kral · Hearing Research · 2005 · 609 citations

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Preliminary Evidence for Sensitive Periods in the Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Regional Brain Development

Susan L. Andersen, Akemi Tomada, Evelyn S. Vincow et al. · Journal of Neuropsychiatry · 2008 · 595 citations · Full text

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    Virginia B. Penhune

    Concordia University, Canada

    8 publications · 828 citations

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  2. EC
    Erin C. Dunn

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    6 publications · 647 citations

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  3. AG
    Andrew G. Hendrickx

    University of California, Davis, United States

    6 publications · 215 citations

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  4. TM
    Toshiya Matsushima

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    5 publications · 191 citations

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  5. RM
    Regina M. Sullivan

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    5 publications · 539 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    43 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    736 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    932 citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    911 citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    12 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Developmental Psychobiology

    12 publications · 689 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 13 publications · 468 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 7 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Teratology

    7 publications · 277 citations

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