These structural differences, including lower gray matter volume, may have implications for developmental outcomes which emerge in the preschool and early childhood period. (sciencedaily.com)
Toward the end of this middle childhood period, however, most children regain their certainty about the permanence of the adoptive family, he says. (fairfamilies.org)
By learning a spoken language during the critical childhood period, said Mayberry, they had acquired the neurological foundation that would allow them to learn other languages later in life. (newscientist.com)