Gray Matter Structure Is Associated with Reading Skill in Typically Developing Young Readers.

ABSTRACT: Research using functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging has identified areas of reduced brain activation and gray matter volume in children and adults with reading disability, but associations between cortical structure and individual differences in reading in typically developing children remain underexplored. Furthermore, the majority of research linking gray matter structure to reading ability quantifies gray matter in terms of volume, and cannot specify unique contributions of cortical surface area and thickness to these relationships. Here, we applied a continuous analytic approach to investigate associations between distinct surface-based properties of cortical structure and individual differences in reading-related skills in a sample of typically developing young childre

SUBMITTER: Perdue MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature