Neurogenetics of developmental dyslexia: from genes to behavior through brain neuroimaging and cognitive and sensorial mechanisms

S Mascheretti, A De Luca, V Trezzi, D Peruzzo… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a complex neurodevelopmental deficit characterized by
impaired reading acquisition, in spite of adequate neurological and sensorial conditions …

Beyond the Visual Word Form Area–a cognitive characterization of the left ventral occipitotemporal cortex

A Dȩbska, M Wójcik, K Chyl… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The left ventral occipitotemporal cortex has been traditionally viewed as a pathway for visual
object recognition including written letters and words. Its crucial role in reading was …

Phonological awareness as the foundation of reading acquisition in students reading in transparent orthography

V Milankov, S Golubović, T Krstić… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phonological skills have been found to be strongly related to early reading and writing
development. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine the extent to which the …

Towards a dynamic, comprehensive conceptualization of dyslexia

M Wolf, RJM Gotlieb, SA Kim, V Pedroza… - Annals of …, 2024 - Springer
Here we build from the central strength of the existing definition of dyslexia—its emphasis on
neurobiological origins—and proffer a set of seven core principles for a new, more …

Patterns of neural functional connectivity in infants at familial risk of developmental dyslexia

X Yu, S Ferradal, J Dunstan, C Carruthers… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Developmental dyslexia is a heritable learning disability affecting 7% to 10% of
the general population and can have detrimental impacts on mental health and vocational …

[HTML][HTML] Disrupted left fusiform response to print in beginning kindergartners is associated with subsequent reading

TM Centanni, ES Norton, O Ozernov-Palchik, A Park… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is a common neurobiological disorder in which a child fails to acquire typical word
reading skills despite adequate opportunity and intelligence. The visual word form area …

Prereader to beginning reader: changes induced by reading acquisition in print and speech brain networks

K Chyl, B Kossowski, A Dębska… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Literacy acquisition is a demanding process that induces significant changes in
the brain, especially in the spoken and written language networks. Nevertheless, large …

[HTML][HTML] Reading and spelling skills are differentially related to phonological processing: Behavioral and fMRI study

A Dębska, K Chyl, G Dzięgiel, A Kacprzak… - Developmental cognitive …, 2019 - Elsevier
The manuscript reports a study on a large sample (N= 170) of Polish speaking 8–13 year old
children, whose brain activation was measured in relation to tasks that require auditory …

[HTML][HTML] The rise and fall of rapid occipito-temporal sensitivity to letters: transient specialization through elementary school

G Fraga-González, G Pleisch, SV Di Pietro… - Developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Letters, foundational units of alphabetic writing systems, are quintessential to human culture.
The ability to read, indispensable to perform in today's society, necessitates a reorganization …

[HTML][HTML] Reciprocal relations between reading skill and the neural basis of phonological awareness in 7-to 9-year-old children

J Wang, J Pines, M Joanisse, JR Booth - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
By using a longitudinal design and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), our
previous study (Wang et al., 2020) found a scaffolding effect of early phonological …