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  Cortical thickness lateralization and its relation to language abilities in children

Qi, T., Schaadt, G., & Friederici, A. D. (2019). Cortical thickness lateralization and its relation to language abilities in children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39: 100704. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100704.

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Qi, Ting1, Author           
Schaadt, Gesa1, 2, 3, Author           
Friederici, Angela D.1, Author           
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1Department Neuropsychology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634551              
2Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634549              
3Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: lLnguage development; Sentence comprehension; Structural asymmetry; Cortical thickness; Longitudinal study
 Abstract: The humans’ brain asymmetry is observed in the early stages of life and known to change further with age. The developmental trajectory of such an asymmetry has been observed for language, as one of the most lateralized cognitive functions. However, it remains unclear how these age-related changes in structural asymmetry are related to changes in language performance. We collected longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging data of children from 5 to 6 years to investigate structural asymmetry development and its linkage to the improvement of language comprehension abilities. Our results showed substantial changes of language performance across time, which were associated with changes of cortical thickness asymmetry in the triangular part of the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), constituting a portion of Broca’s area. This suggests that language improvement is influenced by larger cortical thinning in the left triangular IFG compared to the right. This asymmetry in children’s brain at age 5 and 6 years was further associated with the language performance at 7 years. To our knowledge, this is the first longitudinal study to demonstrate that children’s improvement in sentence comprehension seems to depend on structural asymmetry changes in the IFG, further highlighting its crucial role in language acquisition.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2019-08-072019-04-292019-08-212019-08-22
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100704
PMID: 31476670
Other: Epub 2019
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Funding organization : Max Planck Society
Project name : Neural basis of syntax in the developing brain / NEUROSYNTAX
Grant ID : 269505
Funding program : Funding Programme 7
Funding organization : European Commission (EC)
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Grant ID : 201506040035
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Funding organization : China Scholarship Council

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Title: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : Elsevier
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 39 Sequence Number: 100704 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1878-9293
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1878-9293