Halie A Olson1, Trevor K M Day2, Kelly J Hiersche3

  • 1McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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本综述探讨了婴儿和幼儿的早期语言发展,强调了脑成像研究如何帮助理解语言学习和识别潜在的延迟. 未来的研究将进一步阐明这一关键发育过程的神经基础.

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