APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Investigating Protective and Compensatory Mechanisms in Kindergarteners at Risk for Reading Impairment Who Subsequently Develop Typical Reading Skills

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Jennifer Zuk
    Boston Children's Hospital
  • Jennifer Zuk
    Harvard University
  • Jade Dunstan
    Boston Children's Hospital
  • Elizabeth Norton
    Northwestern University
  • Ola Ozernov-Palchik
    Tufts University
  • Yingying Wang
    University of Nebraska
  • John Gabrieli
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Nadine Gaab
    Boston Children's Hospital

Abstract

The present study investigated protective factors associated with reading achievement in kindergarteners at risk for reading impairments. Kindergarteners who developed typical reading outcomes exhibited significantly higher socioeconomic status and vocabulary knowledge compared to those with subsequent reading impairments, and showed a putative compensatory neural mechanism in right-hemispheric white matter connectivity.

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