Altered patterns of directed connectivity within the reading network of dyslexic children and their relation to reading dysfluency.

ABSTRACT: Reading is a complex cognitive skill subserved by a distributed network of visual and language-related regions. Disruptions of connectivity within this network have been associated with developmental dyslexia but their relation to individual differences in the severity of reading problems remains unclear. Here we investigate whether dysfunctional connectivity scales with the level of reading dysfluency by examining EEG recordings during visual word and false font processing in 9-year-old typically reading children (TR) and two groups of dyslexic children: severely dysfluent (SDD) and moderately dysfluent (MDD) dyslexics. Results indicated weaker occipital to inferior-temporal connectivity for words in both dyslexic groups relative to TRs. Furthermore, SDDs exhibited stronger connectivity f

SUBMITTER: Zaric G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6987659 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature