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Discriminatory Brain Processes of Native and Foreign Language in Children with and without Reading Difficulties.

Azaiez, N., Loberg, O., Lohvansuu, K., Ylinen, S., Hämäläinen, J. A and Leppänen, P. H. T., 2022. Discriminatory Brain Processes of Native and Foreign Language in Children with and without Reading Difficulties. Brain Sciences, 13 (1), 76.

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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13010076

Abstract

The association between impaired speech perception and reading difficulty has been well established in native language processing, as can be observed from brain activity. However, there has been scarce investigation of whether this association extends to brain activity during foreign language processing. The relationship between reading skills and neuronal speech representation of foreign language remains unclear. In the present study, we used event-related potentials (ERPs) with high-density EEG to investigate this question. Eleven- to 13-year-old children typically developed (CTR) or with reading difficulties (RD) were tested via a passive auditory oddball paradigm containing native (Finnish) and foreign (English) speech items. The change-detection-related ERP responses, the mismatch response (MMR), and the late discriminative negativity (LDN) were studied. The cluster-based permutation tests within and between groups were performed. The results showed an apparent language effect. In the CTR group, we found an atypical MMR in the foreign language processing and a larger LDN response for speech items containing a diphthong in both languages. In the RD group, we found unstable MMR with lower amplitude and a nonsignificant LDN response. A deficit in the LDN response in both languages was found within the RD group analysis. Moreover, we observed larger brain responses in the RD group and a hemispheric polarity reversal compared to the CTR group responses. Our results provide new evidence that language processing differed between the CTR and RD groups in early and late discriminatory responses and that language processing is linked to reading skills in both native and foreign language contexts.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:2076-3425
Uncontrolled Keywords:LDN; MMR; foreign language; native language; reading difficulties; speech perception
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:38086
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:25 Jan 2023 15:46
Last Modified:25 Jan 2023 15:46

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