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Children at risk for dyslexia show deficient left-hemispheric memory representations for new spoken word forms (2021)


Nora, A., Renvall, H., Ronimus, M., Kere, J., Lyytinen, H., & Salmelin, R. (2021). Children at risk for dyslexia show deficient left-hemispheric memory representations for new spoken word forms. NeuroImage, 229, Article 117739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117739


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All authors or editorsNora, A.; Renvall, H; Ronimus, M.; Kere, J.; Lyytinen, Heikki; Salmelin, R.

Journal or seriesNeuroImage

ISSN1053-8119

eISSN1095-9572

Publication year2021

Volume229

Article number117739

PublisherElsevier BV

Publication countryNetherlands

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117739

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessOpen Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73908


Abstract

Developmental dyslexia is a specific learning disorder with impairments in reading and spelling acquisition. Apart from literacy problems, dyslexics show inefficient speech encoding and deficient novel word learning, with underlying problems in phonological processing and learning. These problems have been suggested to be related to deficient specialization of the left hemisphere for language processing. To examine this possibility, we tracked with magnetoencephalography (MEG) the activation of the bilateral temporal cortices during formation of neural memory traces for new spoken word forms in 7-8-year-old children with high familial dyslexia risk and in controls. The at-risk children improved equally to their peers in overt repetition of recurring new word forms, but were poorer in explicit recognition of the recurring word forms. Both groups showed reduced activation for the recurring word forms 400–1200 ms after word onset in the right auditory cortex, replicating the results of our previous study on typically developing children (Nora et al, 2017, Children show right-lateralized effects of spoken word-form learning. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171034). However, only the control group consistently showed a similar reduction of activation for recurring word forms in the left temporal areas. The results highlight the importance of left-hemispheric phonological processing for efficient phonological representations and its disruption in dyslexia.


Keywordsdyslexialanguage developmentlanguage acquisitionphonological awarenessmemory (cognition)MEG

Free keywordsdyslexia; reading acquisition; phonological learning; magnetoencephalography


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Reporting Year2021

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