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The role of white matter connections in dyslexia
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Developmental dyslexia is a learning disability affecting 3-7% of the population and is characterized by severe and persistent reading and/or spelling impairments. Suffering from developmental dyslexia severely impacts an individual, resulting in a lifelong experience of reading failure, which might result in lower educational attainment and more psychiatric problems. However, the cause of dyslexia remains unknown. Research in adults with dyslexia mostly does not allow to distinguish causes from consequences of dyslexia. Interestingly, the last years studies investigated the brains of young children at risk for dyslexia, before these children have received formal reading instruction. Hence, in this concise review article we discuss recent insights on the neural basis of dyslexia, based on findings in individuals with dyslexia and pre-readers at risk for dyslexia. We thereby specifically focus on white matter pathways, sustaining connections between distinct regions of the reading network, as white matter connectivity might serve as a prime candidate for neural anomalies in dyslexia.
Tijdschrift: Belgian Journal of Paediatrics
ISSN: 2466-8907
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Pagina's: 143 - 149
Jaar van publicatie:2017
Toegankelijkheid:Closed