摘要:This dataset examines language development with a longitudinal design and includes difusion- and T1- weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), task-based functional MRI (fMRI), and a battery of psycho-educational assessments and parental questionnaires . We collected data from 5 .5-6 .5-year- old children (ses-5) and followed them up when they were 7-8 years old (ses-7) and then again at 8 .5-10 years old (ses-9) . To increase the sample size at the older time points, another cohort of 7-8-year-old children (ses-7) were recruited and followed up when they were 8 .5–10 years old (ses-9) . In total, 322 children who completed at least one structural and functional scan were included . Children performed four fMRI tasks consisting of two word-level tasks examining phonological and semantic processing and two sentence-level tasks investigating semantic and syntactic processing . The MRI data is valuable for examining changes over time in interactive specialization due to the use of multiple imaging modalities and tasks in this longitudinal design . In addition, the extensive psycho-educational assessments and questionnaires provide opportunities to explore brain-behavior and brain-environment associations .