A continuing debate in language acquisition research is whether there are critical periods
(CPs) in development during which the system is most responsive to environmental input …

Brain plasticity is dynamically regulated across the life span, peaking during windows of
early life. Typically assessed in the physiological range of milliseconds (real time), these …

Abstract Language-processing functions follow heterogeneous developmental trajectories.
The human embryo can already distinguish vowels in utero, but grammatical complexity is …

The ontogeny of linguistic functions in the human brain remains elusive. Although some
auditory capacities are described before term, whether and how such immature cortical …

The human infant brain is the only known machine able to master a natural language and
develop explicit, symbolic, and communicable systems of knowledge that deliver rich …

Predicting language performances after preterm birth is challenging. It is described in the
literature that early exposure to the extrauterine environment can be either detrimental or …

Background The lack of robust and reliable clinical biomarkers in Fragile X Syndrome (FXS),
the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, has limited the successful …

Human perceptual development evolves in a stereotyped fashion, with initially limited
perceptual capabilities maturing over the months or years following the commencement of …

When humans listen to speech, their neural activity tracks the slow amplitude fluctuations of
the speech signal over time, known as the speech envelope. Studies suggest that the quality …

Human language, a signature of our species, derives its power from its links to human
cognition. For centuries, scholars have been captivated by this link between language and …