TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of socioeconomic status in predicting reading outcomes for children
T2 - The mediation of spoken language network
AU - Su, Mengmeng
AU - Li, Ping
AU - Zhou, Wei
AU - Shu, Hua
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank all the children and their families for their collaboration in this study. We also thank Zhichao Xia and Shuang Song for their help in the MRI data collection. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800934, 31271082, 31671126), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2014CB846103), the Key Project of Philosophical and Social Science Foundation, ministry of education (11JZD041), the Interdiscipline Research Funds of Beijing Normal University, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Z151100003915122), Talent Support Foundation of Beijing Municipal University (CIT$TCD201904084), the Social Science Project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (SM201910028008), and the Guangdong Pearl River Talents Plan Innovative and Entrepreneurial Team [2016ZT06S220].
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - The present longitudinal study investigated the effects of early childhood socioeconomic status on language-related resting-state functional connectivity and reading outcome in adolescence. Seventy-nine children participated in this study. Socioeconomic status was measured via parent questionnaire measuring parental education and family income at 1 month. At age 14, resting-state fMRI data and reading-related behavioral data of the children were collected. Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis was performed based on four regions of interest, including the left inferior frontal gyrus (L.IFG), left anterior superior temporal gyrus (L.aSTG), left posterior superior temporal gyrus (L.pSTG) and right anterior superior temporal gyrus (R.aSTG). Significant associations were found between parental education and the language-related RSFC, including the RSFC of L.IFG-L.aSTG and the RSFC of L.aSTG-L.pSTG, while no association was found between family income and language-related RSFC. Furthermore, the parental education-associated functional connectivity patterns (i.e., L.IFG-L.aSTG and L.aSTG-L.pSTG) were found to be positively correlated with children's reading skills (word list reading and sentence reading fluency). Finally, path analyses indicated that the intrinsic brain connectivity between L.aSTG and L.pSTG influenced the relationship between parental education and children's reading outcomes.
AB - The present longitudinal study investigated the effects of early childhood socioeconomic status on language-related resting-state functional connectivity and reading outcome in adolescence. Seventy-nine children participated in this study. Socioeconomic status was measured via parent questionnaire measuring parental education and family income at 1 month. At age 14, resting-state fMRI data and reading-related behavioral data of the children were collected. Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis was performed based on four regions of interest, including the left inferior frontal gyrus (L.IFG), left anterior superior temporal gyrus (L.aSTG), left posterior superior temporal gyrus (L.pSTG) and right anterior superior temporal gyrus (R.aSTG). Significant associations were found between parental education and the language-related RSFC, including the RSFC of L.IFG-L.aSTG and the RSFC of L.aSTG-L.pSTG, while no association was found between family income and language-related RSFC. Furthermore, the parental education-associated functional connectivity patterns (i.e., L.IFG-L.aSTG and L.aSTG-L.pSTG) were found to be positively correlated with children's reading skills (word list reading and sentence reading fluency). Finally, path analyses indicated that the intrinsic brain connectivity between L.aSTG and L.pSTG influenced the relationship between parental education and children's reading outcomes.
KW - Language
KW - Reading development
KW - Resting-state functional connectivity
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105655
DO - 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105655
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33249385
AN - SCOPUS:85096825811
SN - 0278-2626
VL - 147
JO - Brain and Cognition
JF - Brain and Cognition
M1 - 105655
ER -