Reading skill-fractional anisotropy relationships in visuospatial tracts diverge depending on socioeconomic status.

ABSTRACT: Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been repeatedly linked with decreased academic achievement, including lower reading outcomes. Some lower SES children do show skills and scores commensurate with those of their higher SES peers, but whether their abilities stem from the same systems as high SES children or are based on divergent strategies is unknown. We here investigated a potential interactive relationship between SES and real-word reading skill in the white matter in 42 typically developing children. SES was determined based on parental education; reading skill and age were not significantly related to SES. There was a significant neural interaction: Clusters in the bilateral inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), left superior longitudinal fasciculus, and left corticospinal tract dem

SUBMITTER: Gullick MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995108 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature