title: Behavioral assessment of language brain processing in the first year of life.
abstract: An up-to-date review of the behavioral assessments of language development in the first year of life is reported. After recalling the anatomical bases of the early development of the auditory system, the different stages of language development during the first year of life are considered: discrimination, transition and perception. The different kinds of behavioral assessment during the course of the first year are then described by stressing their indications and limitations.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: fguzzetta@rm.unicatt.it.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guzzetta
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D007804:Language Development; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013067:Speech Perception
keywords: Early development; Early language assessment; Early language disorder; Language brain processing; Newborns at risk