Abstract
<p indent=0mm>Language is unique to the human brain. Unraveling language brain development is one of the major missions of developmental cognitive neuroscience. In recent decades, significant research progress has been made in language development, reading and brain development, age effect of second language learning, genetic factors of language development. China has also made remarkable progress, especially in Chinese reading acquisition and the cognitive-neural mechanism of reading disorders. Future research may not only examine language brain development with innovative techniques but also shift paradigms to understand how the language brain develops as a self-organized system and how it is related to cognitive, emotional, and social development. By integrating genes, environment, brain, and behavior, the large-scale imaging genetic cohort study may help to transform research on language brain development. In order to advance research on language brain development in China, more efforts shall be invested in developing and adapting standardized neuropsychological instruments with reliability and validity. There is an urgent need to support sustainable capacity building and conduct research on first-class language brain development with the cutting-edge brain imaging techniques. Large-scale prospective cohort studies may well prompt original discoveries led by real needs of improving language development, disorder identification and treatment. With data of high quality being accumulated and shared properly, more innovations will be expected to better understand the brain and language development. Translational research should be given priority to provide solid support for better instructional, clinical practices, and policymaking. To meet the great challenges in scientific research and the translation, individual research interest based exploration and well-designed team collaborative research shall be combined and balanced.
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