Literacy development is a process rather than a single event and thus should be studied at
multiple time points. A longitudinal design employing neuroimaging methods offers the …

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 …

This meta-analysis study aims to quantify the group differences in reading skills between
children with cochlear implants and their hearing peers and between children with cochlear …

Morphological awareness, or sensitivity to units of meaning, is an essential component of
reading comprehension development. Current neurobiological models of reading and …

Learning letter and speech sound (LS) associations is a major step in reading acquisition
common for all alphabetic scripts, including Braille used by blind readers. The left superior …

Importance Literacy has been described as an important social determinant of health. Its
components emerge in infancy and are dependent on genetic, medical, and environmental …

Reading acquisition in alphabetic languages starts with learning the associations between
speech sounds and letters. This learning process is related to crucial developmental …

Reading disability (RD) may be characterized by reduced print–speech convergence, which
is the extent to which neurocognitive processes for reading and hearing words overlap. We …

Children's spoken language skills are essential to the development of the “reading brain,” or
the neurocognitive systems that underlie successful literacy. Morphological awareness, or …

Supporting young students' oral language development is vital in ensuring their future
success as readers. One important way that early childhood teachers can foster language …