Neurocognitive mechanisms of co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing

BrainReading DisabilitiesExecutive FunctionMath
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Marks, R. A., Pollack, C., Meisler, S. L., D'Mello, A. M., Centanni, T. M., Romeo, R. R., Wade, K., Matejko, A. A., Ansari, D., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Christodoulou, J. A. (2024). Neurocognitive mechanisms of co‐occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. Developmental Science, 27(2), e13443. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13443

Summary:
Children with reading disabilities (RD) frequently have a co-occurring math disability (MD), but the mechanisms behind this high comorbidity are not well understood. Children with RD only versus RD+MD did not differ in their phonological processing, either behaviorally or in the brain.

RD+MD was associated with additional behavioral difficulties in working memory, and reduced visual cortex activation during a visuospatial working memory task.

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