@article{7d23eac1ad4c4c979c933312792abc51,
title = "Spoken language proficiency predicts print-speech convergence in beginning readers",
abstract = "Learning to read transforms the brain, building on children's existing capacities for language and visuospatial processing. In particular, the development of print-speech convergence, or the spatial overlap of neural regions necessary for both auditory and visual language processing, is critical for literacy acquisition. Print-speech convergence is a universal signature of proficient reading, yet the antecedents of this convergence remain unknown. Here we examine the relationship between spoken language proficiency and the emergence of the print-speech network in beginning readers (ages 5–6). Results demonstrate that children's language proficiency, but not their early literacy skill, explains variance in their print-speech neural convergence in kindergarten. Furthermore, print-speech convergence in kindergarten predicts reading abilities one year later. These findings suggest that children's language ability is a core mechanism guiding the neural plasticity for learning to read, and extend theoretical perspectives on language and literacy acquisition across the lifespan.",
keywords = "Brain development, Child language, Reading acquisition, fMRI",
author = "Marks, {Rebecca A.} and Ioulia Kovelman and Olga Kepinska and Myriam Oliver and Zhichao Xia and Haft, {Stephanie L.} and Leo Zekelman and Priscilla Duong and Yuuko Uchikoshi and Roeland Hancock and Fumiko Hoeft",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by NIH grant R01HD078351 (PI: Hoeft). Authors RAM and IK were additionally funded by R01HD092498 (PI: Kovelman). FH was supported by NICHD R01HD086168, R01HD096261, P50HD052120 (PI: R. Wagner), University of California Office of the President Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives Award MRP-17-454925, Oak Foundation ORIO-16-012, UCSF Dyslexia Center, Ray & Lori dePole, Dyslexia Training Institute, The Potter Family, and ALTA. OK was additionally supported by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Rubicon Fellowship 019.181SG.006. Funding Information: This research was supported by NIH grant R01HD078351 (PI: Hoeft). Authors RAM and IK were additionally funded by R01HD092498 (PI: Kovelman). FH was supported by NICHD R01HD086168 , R01HD096261 , P50HD052120 (PI: R. Wagner), University of California Office of the President Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives Award MRP-17-454925 , Oak Foundation ORIO-16-012 , UCSF Dyslexia Center , Ray & Lori dePole , Dyslexia Training Institute , The Potter Family , and ALTA . OK was additionally supported by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Rubicon Fellowship 019.181SG.006 . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116021",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "201",
journal = "Neuroimage",
issn = "1053-8119",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}