Stephen J. Frost|Nicole Landi|W. Einar Mencl|Rebecca Sandak|Robert K. Fulbright|Eleanor T. Tejada|Leslie K. Jacobsen|Elena L. Grigorenko|R. Todd Constable|Kenneth R. Pugh
Phonological awareness predicts activation patterns for print and speech
Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Yale University|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories
using fmri explored relationship phonological awareness pa measure metaphonological knowledge segmental structure speech brain activation patterns processing print speech young readers 6 10 years age behavioral measures pa positively correlated activation levels print relative speech tokens superior temporal occipitotemporal regions differences printelicited activation levels superior temporal inferior frontal sites also correlated pa measures direction correlation depending stimulus type positive pronounceable pseudowords negative consonant strings results support extend many indications behavioral neurocognitive literature pa major component skill beginning readers point developmental trajectory written language engages areas originally shaped speech learners path toward successful literacy acquisition