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ArticleDevelopmental science2026

Prenatal Volume in the Bilateral Superior Temporal Gyrus Associates With Children's Expressive Vocabulary at 24-36 Months.

Annika Werwach, Alex Tsompanidis, Luca Villa, Roger Tait, John Suckling, Topun Austin, Sarah Hampton, Carrie Allison, Rosemary Holt, Simon Baron-Cohen and 1 more

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Annika WerwachCenter for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5497-7958
Alex TsompanidisAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Luca VillaAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Roger TaitCambridge Open Zettascale Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
John SucklingAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Topun AustinThe Rosie Hospital, Cambride University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8428-8624
Sarah HamptonAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Carrie AllisonAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Rosemary HoltAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Simon Baron-CohenAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Gesa SchaadtDepartment of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-3698

Funding

Autism Centre of ExcellenceInnovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking 777394NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of EnglandNIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre BRC-1215-20014NIHR HealthTech Research Centre for Brain InjurySimons Foundation Autism Research InitiativeTempleton World Charitable FundUKRI Medical Research Council (MRC)Wellcome Trust 214322∖Z∖18∖Z
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Abstract

Children's language development starts in utero, with language-relevant brain areas starting to develop and differentiate during the second trimester of pregnancy. Postnatal development in language-relevant brain areas such as the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and superior temporal gyrus (STG) has been shown to be related to language skills. In this study, as part of the Cambridge Human Imaging and Longitudinal Development (CHILD) project, prenatal structural characteristics of the IFG and STG (30

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Language DevelopmentTemporal LobeVocabularyChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePregnancyexpressive vocabularylanguage acquisitionprenatal brain developmentstructural MRI

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PMID41964581
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