Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia
The cerebellar deficit hypothesis for developmental dyslexia (DD) claims that cerebellar dysfunction causes the failures in the acquisition of visuomotor skills and automatic reading and writing skills. In people with dyslexia in the alphabetic languages, the abnormal activation and structure of the...
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| author | Ying-Hui eYang Ying-Hui eYang Yang eYang Yang eYang Baoguo eChen Hong-Yan eBi |
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| description | The cerebellar deficit hypothesis for developmental dyslexia (DD) claims that cerebellar dysfunction causes the failures in the acquisition of visuomotor skills and automatic reading and writing skills. In people with dyslexia in the alphabetic languages, the abnormal activation and structure of the right or bilateral cerebellar lobes have been identified. Using a typical implicit motor learning task, however, one neuroimaging study demonstrated the left cerebellar dysfunction in Chinese children with dyslexia. In the present study, using voxel-based morphometry, we found decreased gray matter volume in the left cerebellum in Chinese children with dyslexia relative to age-matched controls. The positive correlation between reading performance and regional gray matter volume suggests that the abnormal structure in the left cerebellum is responsible for reading disability in Chinese children with dyslexia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04b720fc188e4280aaca7014556ed9fa2022-12-21T18:21:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-03-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00324177442Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexiaYing-Hui eYang0Ying-Hui eYang1Yang eYang2Yang eYang3Baoguo eChen4Hong-Yan eBi5Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Linguistics, University of Hong KongState Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive ScienceSchool of Psychology, Beijing Normal UniversityKey Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesThe cerebellar deficit hypothesis for developmental dyslexia (DD) claims that cerebellar dysfunction causes the failures in the acquisition of visuomotor skills and automatic reading and writing skills. In people with dyslexia in the alphabetic languages, the abnormal activation and structure of the right or bilateral cerebellar lobes have been identified. Using a typical implicit motor learning task, however, one neuroimaging study demonstrated the left cerebellar dysfunction in Chinese children with dyslexia. In the present study, using voxel-based morphometry, we found decreased gray matter volume in the left cerebellum in Chinese children with dyslexia relative to age-matched controls. The positive correlation between reading performance and regional gray matter volume suggests that the abnormal structure in the left cerebellum is responsible for reading disability in Chinese children with dyslexia.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00324/fulldevelopmental dyslexiavoxel-based morphometryChinesegray matterLeft cerebellum |
| spellingShingle | Ying-Hui eYang Ying-Hui eYang Yang eYang Yang eYang Baoguo eChen Hong-Yan eBi Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia Frontiers in Psychology developmental dyslexia voxel-based morphometry Chinese gray matter Left cerebellum |
| title | Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia |
| title_full | Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia |
| title_fullStr | Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia |
| title_short | Anomalous cerebellar anatomy in Chinese children with dyslexia |
| title_sort | anomalous cerebellar anatomy in chinese children with dyslexia |
| topic | developmental dyslexia voxel-based morphometry Chinese gray matter Left cerebellum |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00324/full |
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