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The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers
Phonological processing skills are known as the most robust cognitive predictor of reading ability. Therefore, the neural determinants of phonological processing have been extensively investigated by means of either neurofunctional or neurostructural techniques. However, to fully understand how the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33130464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100874 |
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author | De Vos, Astrid Vanderauwera, Jolijn Vanvooren, Sophie Vandermosten, Maaike Ghesquière, Pol Wouters, Jan |
author_facet | De Vos, Astrid Vanderauwera, Jolijn Vanvooren, Sophie Vandermosten, Maaike Ghesquière, Pol Wouters, Jan |
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description | Phonological processing skills are known as the most robust cognitive predictor of reading ability. Therefore, the neural determinants of phonological processing have been extensively investigated by means of either neurofunctional or neurostructural techniques. However, to fully understand how the brain represents and processes phonological information, there is need for studies that combine both methods. The present study applies such a multimodal approach with the aim of investigating the pre-reading relation between neural measures of auditory temporal processing, white matter properties of the reading network and phonological processing skills. We administered auditory steady-state responses, diffusion-weighted MRI scans and phonological awareness tasks in 59 pre-readers. Our results demonstrate that a stronger rightward lateralization of syllable-rate (4 Hz) processing coheres with higher fractional anisotropy in the left fronto-temporoparietal arcuate fasciculus. Both neural features each in turn relate to better phonological processing skills. As such, the current study provides novel evidence for the existence of a pre-reading relation between functional measures of syllable-rate processing, structural organization of the arcuate fasciculus and cognitive precursors of reading development. Moreover, our findings demonstrate the value of combining different neural techniques to gain insight in the underlying neural systems for reading (dis)ability. |
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spelling | pubmed-76068422020-11-06 The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers De Vos, Astrid Vanderauwera, Jolijn Vanvooren, Sophie Vandermosten, Maaike Ghesquière, Pol Wouters, Jan Dev Cogn Neurosci Original Research Phonological processing skills are known as the most robust cognitive predictor of reading ability. Therefore, the neural determinants of phonological processing have been extensively investigated by means of either neurofunctional or neurostructural techniques. However, to fully understand how the brain represents and processes phonological information, there is need for studies that combine both methods. The present study applies such a multimodal approach with the aim of investigating the pre-reading relation between neural measures of auditory temporal processing, white matter properties of the reading network and phonological processing skills. We administered auditory steady-state responses, diffusion-weighted MRI scans and phonological awareness tasks in 59 pre-readers. Our results demonstrate that a stronger rightward lateralization of syllable-rate (4 Hz) processing coheres with higher fractional anisotropy in the left fronto-temporoparietal arcuate fasciculus. Both neural features each in turn relate to better phonological processing skills. As such, the current study provides novel evidence for the existence of a pre-reading relation between functional measures of syllable-rate processing, structural organization of the arcuate fasciculus and cognitive precursors of reading development. Moreover, our findings demonstrate the value of combining different neural techniques to gain insight in the underlying neural systems for reading (dis)ability. Elsevier 2020-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7606842/ /pubmed/33130464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100874 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research De Vos, Astrid Vanderauwera, Jolijn Vanvooren, Sophie Vandermosten, Maaike Ghesquière, Pol Wouters, Jan The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title | The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title_full | The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title_fullStr | The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title_full_unstemmed | The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title_short | The relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
title_sort | relation between neurofunctional and neurostructural determinants of phonological processing in pre-readers |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33130464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100874 |
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