Tracking the Roots of Reading Ability: White Matter Volume and Integrity Correlate with Phonological Awareness in Prereading and Early-Reading Kindergarten Children

Tracking the Roots of Reading Ability: White Matter Volume and Integrity Correlate with Phonological Awareness in Prereading and Early-Reading Kindergarten Children

Developmental dyslexia, an unexplained difficulty in learning to read, has been associated with alterations in white matter organization as measured by diffusion-weighted imaging. It is unknown, however, whether these differences in structural connectivity are related to the cause of dyslexia or if...

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Main Authors: Saygin, Zeynep M. (Contributor), Norton, Elizabeth (Contributor), Osher, David E. (Contributor), Beach, Sara D. (Contributor), Cyr, Abigail B. (Contributor), Ozernov-Palchik, Ola (Author), Yendiki, Anastasia (Author), Fischl, Bruce (Contributor), Gaab, Nadine (Author), Gabrieli, John D. E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Society for Neuroscience, 2014-09-02T17:25:55Z.
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