Kaisa Lohvansuu|Jarmo A. Hämäläinen|Leena Ervast|Heikki Lyytinen|Paavo H.T. Leppänen
Longitudinal interactions between brain and cognitive measures on reading development from 6 months to 14 years
University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Oulu|Oulu University Hospital|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä
dyslexia neurobiological disorder impairing learning read brain responses infants genetic risk dyslexia abnormal already birth associations infant speech perception preschool cognitive skills reading early school years documented studies showing predicting power adolescence show atrisk infants brain activation pseudowords left hemisphere predicts 44 reading speed 14 years even improves prediction taking account neurocognitive preschool measures letter naming phonology verbal shortterm memory association infant brain responses reading speed mediated preschool rapid automatized naming ability therefore suggest rapid naming reading speed could share similar cognitive process automatized access lexicon via phonological representations brain activation speech sounds infancy probably acts index deficient development process