John Hutton|Kieran J. Phelan|Tzipi Horowitz?Kraus|Jonathan Dudley|Mekibib Altaye|Thomas G. DeWitt|Scott K. Holland
Story time turbocharger? Child engagement during shared reading and cerebellar activation and connectivity in preschool-age children listening to stories
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
expanding behavioral neurobiological evidence affirms benefits shared especially parentchild reading cognitive development early childhood however majority evidence involves factors caregiver control influence intrinsic child interest engagement reading largely indirect unclear cerebellum increasingly recognized playing smoothing role higherlevel cognitive processing learning via feedback loops language limbic association cortices utilized functional mri explore relationship child engagement motherchild reading observation neural activation connectivity story listening task sample 4year old girls children exhibiting greater interest engagement narrative showed increased activation rightsided cerebellar association areas task greater functional connectivity activation cluster language executive function areas findings suggest potential cerebellar boost mechanism responsive child engagement level may contribute emergent literacy development early childhood synergy caregiver child factors story sharing