title: Predicting Growth in Word Level Reading Skills in Children With Developmental Dyslexia Using an Object Rhyming Functional Neuroimaging Task.
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.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Texas of the Permian Basin , Odessa , Texas.
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.affiliation: b Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders , Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children , Dallas , Texas.
authors.forename: Jeremiah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.affiliation: b Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders , Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children , Dallas , Texas.|c Department of Pediatrics , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas , Texas.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: d The Center for Brain Health , University of Texas Dallas , Dallas , Texas.
authors.forename: G Reid
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.affiliation: e Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia and Department of Psychology , Middle Tennessee State University , Murfreesboro , Tennessee.
authors.forename: Timothy N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Odegard
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011932:Reading