Language network functional connectivity in infancy predicts developmental language trajectories.

ABSTRACT: Although developmental language delays affect approximately 10% of children in the general population, the neurodevelopmental mechanisms that support normative language acquisition, and atypicalities that may predict later language delay, across the first year of life are poorly understood. Here, resting-state fMRI data from the Baby Connectome Project was used to evaluate age-related changes in language network functional connectivity and alterations associated with suboptimal language development. Additionally, a data-driven machine learning algorithm was used to partition our sample into three groups who showed Delayed, Typical, and Advanced trajectories of language development. These groups reliably differed on several assessments of language ability during infancy and toddlerhood. Usi

SUBMITTER: Wagner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature