The temporal lobes, amygdala, and hippocampus are integral players in the arenas of emotion, language, and memory (Nolte 1993). Human capacity for these functions changes markedly between the ages of 4 and 18 years (Diener et al. 1985; Jerslid 1963; Wechsler 1974), although the relationship between the development of these capacities and morphological changes in the structures subserving these functions is poorly understood.
