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Neurobiological Basis of Language Learning Difficulties

In this paper we highlight why there is a need to examine subcortical learning systems in children with language impairment and dyslexia, rather than focusing solely on cortical areas relevant for language. First, behavioural studies find that children with these neurodevelopmental disorders perform...

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Autores principales: Krishnan, Saloni, Watkins, Kate E., Bishop, Dorothy V.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27422443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.06.012
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description In this paper we highlight why there is a need to examine subcortical learning systems in children with language impairment and dyslexia, rather than focusing solely on cortical areas relevant for language. First, behavioural studies find that children with these neurodevelopmental disorders perform less well than peers on procedural learning tasks that depend on corticostriatal learning circuits. Second, fMRI studies in neurotypical adults implicate corticostriatal and hippocampal systems in language learning. Finally, structural and functional abnormalities are seen in the striatum in children with language disorders. Studying corticostriatal networks in developmental language disorders could offer us insights into their neurobiological basis and elucidate possible modes of compensation for intervention.
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spelling pubmed-49931492016-09-01 Neurobiological Basis of Language Learning Difficulties Krishnan, Saloni Watkins, Kate E. Bishop, Dorothy V.M. Trends Cogn Sci Review In this paper we highlight why there is a need to examine subcortical learning systems in children with language impairment and dyslexia, rather than focusing solely on cortical areas relevant for language. First, behavioural studies find that children with these neurodevelopmental disorders perform less well than peers on procedural learning tasks that depend on corticostriatal learning circuits. Second, fMRI studies in neurotypical adults implicate corticostriatal and hippocampal systems in language learning. Finally, structural and functional abnormalities are seen in the striatum in children with language disorders. Studying corticostriatal networks in developmental language disorders could offer us insights into their neurobiological basis and elucidate possible modes of compensation for intervention. Elsevier Science 2016-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4993149/ /pubmed/27422443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.06.012 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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