Cortical thickness lateralization and its relation to language abilities in children.

ABSTRACT: The humans' brain asymmetry is observed in the early stages of life and known to change further with age. The developmental trajectory of such an asymmetry has been observed for language, as one of the most lateralized cognitive functions. However, it remains unclear how these age-related changes in structural asymmetry are related to changes in language performance. We collected longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging data of children from 5 to 6 years to investigate structural asymmetry development and its linkage to the improvement of language comprehension abilities. Our results showed substantial changes of language performance across time, which were associated with changes of cortical thickness asymmetry in the triangular part of the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), constitu

SUBMITTER: Qi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6892251 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature