The relationship between phonological and auditory processing and brain organization in beginning readers

Kenneth R. Pugh; Nicole Landi; Jonathan L. Preston; W. Einar Mencl; Alison C. Austin; Daragh Sibley; Robert K. Fulbright; Mark S. Seidenberg; Elena L. Grigorenko; R. Todd Constable; Peter Molfese; Stephen J. Frost

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.004

The relationship between phonological and auditory processing and brain organization in beginning readers

Kenneth R. Pugh, Nicole Landi, Jonathan L. Preston, W. Einar Mencl, Alison C. Austin, Daragh Sibley, Robert K. Fulbright, Mark S. Seidenberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, R. Todd Constable, Peter Molfese, Stephen J. Frost

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Abstract

We employed brain-behavior analyses to explore the relationship between performance on tasks measuring phonological awareness, pseudoword decoding, and rapid auditory processing (all predictors of reading (dis)ability) and brain organization for print and speech in beginning readers. For print-related activation, we observed a shared set of skill-correlated regions, including left hemisphere temporoparietal and occipitotemporal sites, as well as inferior frontal, visual, visual attention, and subcortical components. For speech-related activation, shared variance among reading skill measures was most prominently correlated with activation in left hemisphere inferior frontal gyrus and precuneus. Implications for brain-based models of literacy acquisition are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	173-183
Number of pages	11
Journal	Brain and Language
Volume	125
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.004
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Decoding
FMRI
Individual differences
Phonological awareness
Rapid auditory processing
Reading
Thalamus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Speech and Hearing

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Pugh, K. R., Landi, N., Preston, J. L., Mencl, W. E., Austin, A. C., Sibley, D., Fulbright, R. K., Seidenberg, M. S., Grigorenko, E. L., Constable, R. T., Molfese, P., & Frost, S. J. (2013). The relationship between phonological and auditory processing and brain organization in beginning readers. Brain and Language, 125(2), 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.004

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