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Auditory event-related potentials measured in kindergarten predict later reading problems at school age.
- Source :
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Developmental neuropsychology [Dev Neuropsychol] 2013; Vol. 38 (8), pp. 550-66. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Identifying children at risk for reading problems or dyslexia at kindergarten age could improve support for beginning readers. Brain event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured for temporally complex pseudowords and corresponding non-speech stimuli from 6.5-year-old children who participated in behavioral literacy tests again at 9 years in the second grade. Children who had reading problems at school age had larger N250 responses to speech and non-speech stimuli particularly at the left hemisphere. The brain responses also correlated with reading skills. The results suggest that atypical auditory and speech processing are a neural-level risk factor for future reading problems. [Supplementary material is available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Developmental Neuropsychology for the following free supplemental resources: Sound files used in the experiments. Three speech sounds and corresponding non-speech sounds with short, intermediate, and long gaps].
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-6942
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Developmental neuropsychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24219695
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2012.718817