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Corrigendum: Modeling Bilingual Lexical Processing Through Code-Switching Speech: A Network Science Approach.

Qihui Xu¹, Magdalena Markowska², Martin Chodorow^1,3

¹Department of Psychology, Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.

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Correction of scientific article DOI for improved discoverability and citation accuracy.

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Correction of a previously published article DOI.
Ensuring accurate citation and retrieval of scientific literature.

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To provide the correct Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for a specific publication.
To rectify an error in the article's metadata.

Summary:

The article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662409 has been corrected.
This correction ensures accurate referencing and access to the research.

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Facilitates correct citation and avoids confusion in academic referencing.
Improves the reliability and traceability of scientific publications.