Tracking the roots of reading ability: White matter volume and integrity correlate with phonological awareness in prereading and early-reading kindergarten children

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 13251-13258

  Saygin, Zeynep M ^a   Norton, Elizabeth S ^a   Osher, David E ^a   Beach, Sara D ^a   Cyr, Abigail B ^a   Ozernov Palchik, Ola ^c   Yendiki, Anastasia ^d   Fischl, Bruce ^b,d   Gaab, Nadine ^c   Gabrieli, John D E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; READING;

EID: 84881522208     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4383-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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