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Language input in late infancy scaffolds emergent literacy skills and predicts reading related white matter development

Topic:

NA

Authors:

Weiss, Huber, Ramírez, Corrigan, Yarnykh, Kuhl

Journal/Publication:

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Year:

2022
Participant Age Range:
6 –
24 months

Sample Size:

53

Participant Language:

English, Other

Abstract:

Longitudinal studies provide the unique opportunity to test whether early language provides a scaffolding for the acquisition of the ability to read. This study tests the hypothesis that parental language input during the first 2 years of life predicts em