The long-term goal of this study is to improve prediction of poor reading outcome at preschool age by using a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging measures and to evaluate a specific computerized training program to support children with problems during reading acquisition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
110
University Clinics for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
RECRUITINGChanges in reading and spelling performance
Performance in normed reading and/or spelling (standardized tests) as a result of reading acquisition and training
Time frame: Participants will be tested at three times for the duration of the cross-sectional intervention, an expected average of 8 months
Developmental and training induced changes in functional brain activation and brain structure
Changes in activation/structure of core language network regions assessed by EEG and MRI during development, learning and training
Time frame: Participants will be tested after an expected average of 8, 12 and 16 months
Accuracy of prediction on reading performance outcome
Accuracy of prediction on reading performance (standardized tests) using behavioural and/or neuroimaging measures. Neuroimaging measures: EEG and MRI (functional activation, structural measures from white and/or grey matter, temporal information from event-related potential and/or frequency analyses)
Time frame: Participants will be tested at T1 and on average 8 months later
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