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ERIC Number: EJ757964
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Below-Average, Average, and Above-Average Readers Engage Different and Similar Brain Regions while Reading
Molfese, Dennis L.; Key, Alexandra Fonaryova; Kelly, Spencer; Cunningham, Natalie; Terrell, Shona; Ferguson, Melissa; Molfese, Victoria J.; Bonebright, Terri
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v39 n4 p352-363 Jul-Aug 2006
Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 27 children (14 girls, 13 boys) who varied in their reading skill levels. Both behavior performance measures recorded during the ERP word classification task and the ERP responses themselves discriminated between children with above-average, average, and below-average reading skills. ERP amplitudes and peak latencies decreased as reading skills increased. Furthermore, hemisphere differences increased with higher reading skill levels. Sex differences were also related to ERP amplitude variations across the scalp. However, ERPs recorded from boys and girls did not differ as a function of differences in the children's reading levels.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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