Left-dominance for resting-state temporal low-gamma power in children with impaired word-decoding and without comorbid ADHD.

ABSTRACT: One theory of the origins of reading disorders (i.e., dyslexia) is a language network which cannot effectively 'entrain' to speech, with cascading effects on the development of phonological skills. Low-gamma (low-γ, 30-45 Hz) neural activity, particularly in the left hemisphere, is thought to correspond to tracking at phonemic rates in speech. The main goals of the current study were to investigate temporal low-γ band-power during rest in a sample of children and adolescents with and without reading disorder (RD). Using a Bayesian statistical approach to analyze the power spectral density of EEG data, we examined whether (1) resting-state temporal low-γ power was attenuated in the left temporal region in RD; (2) low-γ power covaried with individual reading performance; (3) low-γ temporal l

SUBMITTER: Lasnick OHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10756518 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature