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The ontogeny of the cortical language network

Skeide, Michael A., Friederici, Angela D.·2016·Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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Language-processing functions follow heterogeneous developmental trajectories. The human embryo can already distinguish vowels in utero, but grammatical complexity is usually not fully mastered until at least 7 years of age. Examining the current literature, we propose that the ontogeny of the cortical language network can be roughly subdivided into two main developmental stages. In the first stage extending over the first 3 years of life, the infant rapidly acquires bottom-up processing capacities, which are primarily implemented bilaterally in the temporal cortices. In the second stage continuing into adolescence, top-down processes emerge gradually with the increasing functional selectivity and structural connectivity of the left inferior frontal cortex.

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Authors: Skeide, M. A., & Friederici, A. D.
Affiliations: Max Planck Society (DE)
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (DE)
Corresponding author: Skeide, Michael A.
Friederici, Angela D.
ORCID: Skeide, Michael A.
Venue: Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2016-04-04
Volume: 17
Issue: 5
Pages: 323-332
ISSN: 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
1471-0048
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.23
OpenAlex: W768087171
Semantic Scholar: c5447d746bc069664b66b48c032da2b887b6a46c
Cited by: 391
References: 104
Citations by year: 2026: 40 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 9
FWCI: 3.29
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
Keywords: language development, ontogeny, bottom-up processing, top-down processing, temporal cortex, left inferior frontal cortex, functional connectivity, infant language acquisition, adolescence, grammatical complexity
MeSH terms: Brain Mapping, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Humans, Language, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Prefrontal Cortex

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