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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cogn Sci. 2018 Feb 24;22(5):375–387. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.01.005

Figure 1. Approximate Developmental Trajectories for Certain Neural, Cognitive, and Behavioral Systems from 0 to 8 Years of Age.

Figure 1

(A) Language acquisition reflected in the size of spoken vocabulary [105]. (B) The development of memory span up to adult capacity [106]. (C) The amount of myelination across development relative to adults [107, 108]. (D) The visual acuity of children relative to adults [8]. (E) Changes in speech prosody from child- to adult-directed speech [11, 12]. Abbreviation: CDS, child-directed speech. Subpanels were adapted from figures in cited sources.