Development of the brain's reading circuitry
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Learning to read is at the foundation of academic success. Understanding how the developing brain builds circuits to rapidly translate arbitrary printed symbols into meaningful language representations is a scientific challenge with important implications for education. Successfully learning to read requires the coordination of signals between visual, auditory and language processing regions of the cortex; white matter is essential for the development of this cognitive function. New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques make it possible to measure the structure and function of the living brain's reading circuitry and understand the coupling between changes in circuit structure, circuit function and human behavior The following sections develop a methodology for measuring the white matter connections of the brain's reading circuitry and quantifying changes in tissue properties over the course of reading instruction. A series of functional MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI experiments elucidate the cortical regions that perform reading related computations and the white matter fascicles that transmit signals between these regions. These measurements show that the dynamics of an individual's white matter development predicts their acquisition of skilled reading. Learning to read is intricately related to active developmental processes in specific white matter tracts. This collection of findings highlights the important role of non-neuronal biological processes in the development of complex cognitive functions.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Yeatman, Jason D |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Psychology. |
| Primary advisor | Wandell, Brian A |
| Thesis advisor | Wandell, Brian A |
| Thesis advisor | Dougherty, Bob |
| Thesis advisor | Norcia, Anthony Matthew |
| Thesis advisor | Wagner, Anthony David |
| Advisor | Dougherty, Bob |
| Advisor | Norcia, Anthony Matthew |
| Advisor | Wagner, Anthony David |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Jason D. Yeatman. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Psychology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Jason Daniel Yeatman
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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