Emily C. Merz|Elaine A. Maskus|Samantha Melvin|Xiaofu He|Kimberly G. Noble
Socioeconomic Disparities in Language Input Are Associated With Children's Language?Related Brain Structure and Reading Skills
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University Irving Medical Center|Columbia University
mechanisms underlying socioeconomic disparities childrens reading skills well understood study examined associations among socioeconomic background home linguistic input brain structure reading skills 5to9yearold children n 94 naturalistic home audio recordings highresolution t1weighted mri scans acquired children experienced adultchild conversational turns adult words greater left perisylvian cortical surface area language input mediated association parental education left perisylvian cortical surface area language input indirectly associated childrens reading skills via left perisylvian surface area left perisylvian surface area mediated association parental education childrens reading skills language experience may thus partially explain socioeconomic disparities languagesupporting brain structure turn reading skills