Predicting Growth in Word Level Reading Skills in Children With Developmental Dyslexia Using an Object Rhyming Functional Neuroimaging Task.

TitlePredicting Growth in Word Level Reading Skills in Children With Developmental Dyslexia Using an Object Rhyming Functional Neuroimaging Task.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsFarris, EA, Ring, J, Black, J, G Lyon, R, Odegard, TN
JournalDev Neuropsychol
Volume41
Issue3
Pagination145-61
Date Published2016 Apr
ISSN1532-6942
Abstract

An object rhyming task that does not require text reading and is suitable for younger children was used to predict gains in word level reading skills following an intensive 2-year reading intervention for children with developmental dyslexia. The task evoked activation in bilateral inferior frontal regions. Growth in untimed pseudoword reading was associated with increased pre-intervention activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus, and growth in timed word reading was associated with pre-intervention activation of the left and right inferior frontal gyri. These analyses help identify pre-intervention factors that facilitate reading skill improvements in children with developmental dyslexia.

DOI10.1080/87565641.2016.1158264
Alternate JournalDev Neuropsychol
PubMed ID27028067