TY - JOUR
T1 - Language First, Cognition Later
T2 - Different Trajectories of Subcomponents of the Future-Reading Network in Processing Narratives from Kindergarten to Adolescence
AU - Horowitz-Kraus, Tzipi
AU - Meri, Raya
AU - Holland, Scott K.
AU - Farah, Rola
AU - Rohana, Tamara
AU - Haj, Narmeen
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Mary Ann Liebert Inc.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - Narrative comprehension is a linguistic ability that emerges early in life and has a critical role in language development, reading acquisition, and comprehension. According to the Simple View of Reading model, reading is acquired through word decoding and linguistic comprehension. Here, within and between networks, functional connectivity in several brain networks supporting both language and reading abilities was examined from prereading to proficient reading age in 32 healthy children, ages 5-18 years, scanned annually while listening to stories over 12 years. Functional connectivity changes within and between the networks were assessed and compared between the years using hierarchical linear regression and were related to reading abilities. At prereading age, the networks related to basic language processing accounted for 32.5% of the variation of reading ability at reading age (at 12-14 years) (R2 = 0.325, p = 0.05). At age 17, more complex cognitive networks were involved and accounted for 97.4% of the variation in reading ability (R2 = 0.974, p = 0.022). Overall, networks composing the future-reading network are highly involved in processing narratives along development; however, networks related to semantic, phonological, and syntactic processing predict reading ability earlier in life, and more complex networks predict reading proficiency later in life.
AB - Narrative comprehension is a linguistic ability that emerges early in life and has a critical role in language development, reading acquisition, and comprehension. According to the Simple View of Reading model, reading is acquired through word decoding and linguistic comprehension. Here, within and between networks, functional connectivity in several brain networks supporting both language and reading abilities was examined from prereading to proficient reading age in 32 healthy children, ages 5-18 years, scanned annually while listening to stories over 12 years. Functional connectivity changes within and between the networks were assessed and compared between the years using hierarchical linear regression and were related to reading abilities. At prereading age, the networks related to basic language processing accounted for 32.5% of the variation of reading ability at reading age (at 12-14 years) (R2 = 0.325, p = 0.05). At age 17, more complex cognitive networks were involved and accounted for 97.4% of the variation in reading ability (R2 = 0.974, p = 0.022). Overall, networks composing the future-reading network are highly involved in processing narratives along development; however, networks related to semantic, phonological, and syntactic processing predict reading ability earlier in life, and more complex networks predict reading proficiency later in life.
KW - child development
KW - executive functions
KW - functional connectivity
KW - language
KW - narrative comprehension
KW - reading
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85184077936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/brain.2023.0012
DO - 10.1089/brain.2023.0012
M3 - مقالة
C2 - 38265789
SN - 2158-0014
VL - 14
SP - 60
EP - 69
JO - Brain Connectivity
JF - Brain Connectivity
IS - 1
ER -