"protracted development" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a prolonged or prolonged process of growth or development. An example of using this phrase could be: "The protracted development of the new product was finally completed after months of research and testing."
In 2004, after anticipation that has rarely been seen since, Half Life 2's protracted development – with its secrecy and sudden delay due to a highly publicised code leak before release – felt like an eternity.
Intended to be groundbreaking, Duke Nukem Forever has become infamous in the video games industry and was considered vaporware due to its severely protracted development schedule; the game had been in development under 3D Realms since 1996.
The reasons underlying this protracted development are not yet fully understood.
Fronto-parietal networks, typically recruited under conditions where this cognitive control is needed, undergo protracted development.
Results from large magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies looking at brain development across the lifespan indicate that brain regions involved in social cognition undergo protracted development throughout adolescence.
This protracted development, particularly in the case of lateral fronto-parietal networks, mirrors the more gradual development of cognitive control, attention and VSTM (e.g., Huizinga et al. 2006).
These results indicate that hAPP can elicit protracted dendritic development independently of the amyloidogenic processing pathway.
A biological trait analysis indicated that semi-mobile taxa with annual protracted direct development, and short-distance dispersal are probably of higher importance for the community assembly process in this environment than long-distance larval dispersal.
Mubyazi and Gonzalez-Block noted the challenges of keeping track of use of evidence in protracted policy development processes [ 37].
Neocortex showed significantly greater differential expression over time than subcortical structures, and this trend likely reflects the protracted postnatal development of the cortex.
There is thus evidence that protracted structural development is associated with more mature brain activation patterns, both of which appear to predict cognitive maturation.
