Recent studies demonstrate that the impacts of early adverse environments on prefrontal cortex are present very early in development: within the first year of life.
However, despite its supposedly protracted development, multiple lines of research have converged to suggest that prefrontal cortex development may be particularly susceptible to individual differences in children’s early environments. Widespread recognition by the broader scientific community of the extended development of prefrontal cortex has led to the overwhelming perception of prefrontal cortex as a “late developing” region of the brain. Over the last fifteen years, the emerging field of developmental cognitive neuroscience has described the relatively late development of prefrontal cortex in children and the relation between gradual structural changes and children’s protracted development of prefrontal-dependent skills.
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