Yasuhiko Yamada|Caitlin Stevens|Mark W. Dow|Beth Harn|David J. Chard|Helen J. Neville
Emergence of the neural network for reading in five-year-old beginning readers of different levels of pre-literacy abilities: An fMRI study
University of Oregon|Willamette University|University of Oregon|University of Oregon|Oregon Department of Education|University of Oregon|Southern Methodist University|Oregon Department of Education|University of Oregon|University of Oregon
present study traced emergence neural circuits reading fiveyearold children diverse preliteracy ability fall winter kindergarten children performed oneback task letter versus false font stimuli fmri scanning start kindergarten children ontrack preliteracy skills ot recruited bilateral temporoparietal regions letter false font comparison contrast children atrisk reading difficulty ar showed differential activation region following 3 months kindergarten ar children supplemental reading instruction ot children showed leftlateralized activation temporoparietal region whereas ar children showed bilateral activation recruitment frontal regions including anterior cingulate cortex data suggest typical reading development associated initial recruitment subsequent disengagement right hemisphere homologous regions atypical reading development may associated compensatory recruitment frontal regions