Reduced Brain Activity Seen in Prereaders With Dyslexia Risk

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Prereading children with a family history of developmental dyslexia (DD) show reduced activity in the bilateral occipitotemporal and left temporoparietal brain regions during phonological processing exercises, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in theĀ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Nora Maria Raschle, Ph.D., from the Children’s Hospital Boston, and colleagues analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging scans taken in 36 prereading children during phonological processing exercises to identify functional networks. Eighteen children with a familial risk for DD (average age, 66.5 months) were compared with 18 age- and IQ-matched controls.

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