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The ontogeny of the cortical language network
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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
- Published
- 2016-04-04
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 323-332
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- 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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