Researchers are beginning to uncover the neurogenetic pathways that underlie our
unparalleled capacity for spoken language. Initial clues come from identification of genetic …

Developmental disorders of spoken and written language are heterogeneous in nature with
impairments observed across various linguistic, cognitive, and sensorimotor domains. These …

The present longitudinal study investigated the predictive power of preschool linguistic skills
and early family factors on children's comprehensive literacy skills at the end of primary …

Research over the past two decades has identified a group of common genetic variants
explaining a portion of variance in native language ability. The present study investigates …

Abstract Language disorders cover a wide range of conditions with heterologous and
overlapping phenotypes and complex etiologies harboring both genetic and environmental …

A number of candidate genes for reading and language impairment have been replicated,
primarily in samples of children with developmental disability or delay, although these genes …

The ability to process and identify visual words requires efficient orthographic processing of
print, consisting of letters in alphabetic languages or characters in Chinese. The N170 is a …

Literacy acquisition is impaired in children with developmental dyslexia resulting in lifelong
struggle to read and spell. Proper diagnosis is usually late and commonly achieved after …

Dyslexia is a common specific learning disability with a substantive genetic component.
Several candidate genes have been proposed to be implicated in dyslexia susceptibility …

Recent genome‐wide association scans (GWAS) for reading and language abilities have
pin‐pointed promising new candidate loci. However, the potential contributions of these loci …