Ola Ozernov?Palchik|Elizabeth S. Norton|Yingying Wang|Sara Beach|Jennifer Zuk|Markus Wolf|John D. E. Gabrieli|Nadine Gaab
The relationship between socioeconomic status and white matter microstructure in pre?reading children: A longitudinal investigation
McGovern Institute for Brain Research|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Boston Children's Hospital|Northwestern University|University of Nebraska–Lincoln|McGovern Institute for Brain Research|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Harvard University|Boston Children's Hospital|Boston Children's Hospital|Harvard University|Centre for Social Justice|McGovern Institute for Brain Research|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Boston Children's Hospital|Harvard University
reading learned skill crucial educational attainment children families lower socioeconomic status ses tend poorer reading performance gap widens across years schooling reading relies orchestration multiple neural systems integrated via specific whitematter pathways limited understanding whether pathways relate differentially reading performance depending ses background kindergarten whitematter fa secondgrade reading outcomes investigated sesdiverse sample 125 children three lefthemisphere whitematter tracts associated reading righthemisphere homologs examined arcuate fasciculus af superior longitudinal fasciculus slf inferior longitudinal fasciculus ilf significant positive association ses fractional anisotropy fa bilateral ilf kindergarten ses moderated association kindergarten ilf second grade reading performance positive lowerses children significant higherses children results implications understanding role environment development neural pathways support reading