Longitudinal changes in cortical responses to letter-speech sound stimuli in 8-11 year-old children.
Journal
NPJ science of learning
ISSN: 2056-7936
Titre abrégé: NPJ Sci Learn
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101689142
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Jan 2022
25 Jan 2022
Historique:
received:
22
04
2021
accepted:
16
12
2021
entrez:
26
1
2022
pubmed:
27
1
2022
medline:
27
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
While children are able to name letters fairly quickly, the automatisation of letter-speech sound mappings continues over the first years of reading development. In the current longitudinal fMRI study, we explored developmental changes in cortical responses to letters and speech sounds across 3 yearly measurements in a sample of 18 8-11 year old children. We employed a text-based recalibration paradigm in which combined exposure to text and ambiguous speech sounds shifts participants' later perception of the ambiguous sounds towards the text. Our results showed that activity of the left superior temporal and lateral inferior precentral gyri followed a non-linear developmental pattern across the measurement sessions. This pattern is reminiscent of previously reported inverted-u-shape developmental trajectories in children's visual cortical responses to text. Our findings suggest that the processing of letters and speech sounds involves non-linear changes in the brain's spoken language network possibly related to progressive automatisation of reading skills.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35079026
doi: 10.1038/s41539-021-00118-3
pii: 10.1038/s41539-021-00118-3
pmc: PMC8789908
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2Subventions
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
ID : 452-16-004
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
ID : 452-16-004
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
ID : 452-16-004
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© 2022. The Author(s).
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