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Language exposure during infancy is negatively associated with white matter microstructure in the arcuate fasciculus

Topic:

NA

Authors:

Estrada, Govindaraj, Abdi, Moraglia, Wolff, Meera, Dager, McKinstry, Styner, Zwaigenbaum, Piven, Swanson

Journal/Publication:

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Year:

2023
Participant Age Range:
9 –
15 months

Sample Size:

52

Participant Language:

English

Abstract:

Decades of research have established that the home language environment, especially quality of caregiver speech, supports language acquisition during infancy. However, the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain under studied. In the current study