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Reading and spelling skills are differentially related to phonological processing: behavioral and fMRI study
Publication date: Available online 20 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Agnieszka Dębska, Katarzyna Chyl, Gabriela Dzięgiel, Agnieszka Kacprzak, Magdalena Łuniewska, Joanna Plewko, Artur Marchewka, Anna Grabowska, Katarzyna JednorógAbstractThe manuscript reports a study on a large sample (N = 170) of Polish speaking 8-13 year old children, whose brain activation was measured in relation to tasks that require auditory phonological processing. We aimed to relate brain activation to individual differences in reading and spelling. We found that individual proficiency in both reading and ...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 21, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Nine-month-old infants update their predictive models of a changing environment
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): E. Kayhan, M. Meyer, J.X. O’Reilly, S. Hunnius, H. BekkeringAbstractHumans generate internal models of their environment to predict events in the world. As the environments change, our brains adjust to these changes by updating their internal models. Here, we investigated whether and how 9-month-old infants differentially update their models to represent a dynamic environment. Infants observed a predictable sequence of stimuli, which were interrupted by two types of cues. Following the update cue, the pattern was altered...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 12, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Absence of Neural Speech Discrimination in Preterm Infants at Term-Equivalent Age
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Lisa Bartha-Doering, Johanna Alexopoulos, Vito Giordano, Lisa Stelzer, Theresa Kainz, Silvia Benavides-Varela, Isabell Wartenburger, Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof, Monika Olischar, Rainer Seidl, Angelika BergerAbstractChildren born preterm are at higher risk to develop language deficits. Auditory speech discrimination deficits may be early signs for language developmental problems. The present study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy to investigate neural speech discrimination in 15 preterm infants at term-equivalent ...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 11, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Training-induced white matter microstructure changes in survivors of neonatal critical illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Raisa M. Schiller, Hanneke IJsselstijn, Marlous J. Madderom, Joost van Rosmalen, Arno F.J. van Heijst, Marion Smits, Frank Verhulst, Dick Tibboel, Tonya WhiteABSTRACTIn a nationwide randomized controlled trial, white matter microstructure was assessed before and immediately after Cogmed Working-Memory Training (CWMT) in school-age neonatal critical illness survivors. Eligible participants were survivors (8-12 years) with an IQ ≥ 80 and a z-score of ≤ -1.5 on (working)memory test at first assessment. Diffusion Tenso...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - June 29, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Longitudinal Changes in Brain Structures Related to Appetitive Reactivity and Regulation Across Development
Publication date: Available online 25 June 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Rebecca E. Martin, Jennifer A. Silvers, Felicia Hardi, Theodore Stephano, Chelsea Helion, Catherine Insel, Peter J. Franz, Emilia Ninova, Jared P. Lander, Walter Mischel, BJ Casey, Kevin N. OchsnerAbstractIn the United States over one-third of the population, including children and adolescents, are overweight or obese. Despite the prevalence of obesity, few studies have examined how food cravings and the ability to regulate them change throughout development. Here, we addressed this gap in knowledge by examining structural...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - June 26, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research