请教development是抽象名词吗？

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Neuroscientists

,

having

amassed

a

wealth

of

knowledge

over

the

past

twenty

years

about

the

brain

and

its

development

from

birth

to

adulthood

,

are

now

drawing

solid

conclusions

about

how

the

human

brain

grows

and

how

babies

acquire

language。

在这个题中brain和development平行，但brain是具体名词，development好像是抽像名词，这样的话真的能平行吗