Longitudinal associations between language network characteristics in the infant brain and school-age reading abilities are mediated by early-developing phonological skills.

ABSTRACT: Reading acquisition is a prolonged learning process relying on language development starting in utero. Behavioral longitudinal studies reveal prospective associations between infant language abilities and preschool/kindergarten phonological development that relates to subsequent reading performance. While recent pediatric neuroimaging work has begun to characterize the neural network underlying language development in infants, how this neural network scaffolds long-term language and reading acquisition remains unknown. We addressed this question in a 7-year longitudinal study from infancy to school-age. Seventy-six infants completed resting-state fMRI scanning, and underwent standardized language assessments in kindergarten. Of this larger cohort, forty-one were further assessed on their e

SUBMITTER: Tang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11225703 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature