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Development of neural mechanisms for reading.
Abstract
The complexities of pediatric brain imaging have precluded studies that trace the neural development of cognitive skills acquired during childhood. Using a task that isolates reading-related brain activity and minimizes confounding performance effects, we carried out a cross-sectional functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study using subjects whose ages ranged from 6 to 22 years. We found that learning to read is associated with two patterns of change in brain activity: increased activity in left-hemisphere middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri and decreased activity in right inferotemporal cortical areas. Activity in the left-posterior superior temporal sulcus of the youngest readers was associated with the maturation of their phonological processing abilities. These findings inform current reading models and provide strong support for Orton's 1925 theory of reading development.
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“A neurodevelopmental study of reading (Turkeltaub et al., 2003) has shown that the brain temporoparietal cortices, containing the left superior temporal gyrus, matures early in learning and remains involved in reading throughout adulthood.”
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“The superior temporal region functions critically in cross-modal integration, including processes associated with the mapping of print to sound (Turkeltaub et al., 2003).”
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“Previous studies with adults and children showed that implicit reading is effective in activating the reading network (Turkeltaub et al., 2003; Moore & Price, 1999).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Turkeltaub, P. E., Gareau, L., Flowers, D. L., Zeffiro, T. A., & Eden, G. F.
- Affiliations
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (US)
- Corresponding author
- Eden, Guinevere F
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2003-05-18
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 767-773
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- OpenAlex
- W2168101244
- Semantic Scholar
- ec67dddfc1ed92a13ed0d573078a06f55e0415d3
- Cited by
- 707
- References
- 55
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- FWCI
- 52.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Georgetown University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (F31 MH6500)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- NIH Clinical Center
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD40095, P50HD040095)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Education › Literacy and Educational Practices
- Keywords
- reading development, brain maturation, phonological processing, middle temporal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, inferotemporal cortex, left hemisphere dominance, child cognitive development
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aging, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Child Development, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Learning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Phonetics, Psychological Tests, Reading, Semantics, Task Performance and Analysis
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