APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Investigating Protective and Compensatory Mechanisms in Kindergarteners at Risk for Reading Impairment Who Subsequently Develop Typical Reading Skills
- 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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