Socioeconomic status and reading disability: Neuroanatomy and plasticity in response to intervention

Socioeconomic StatusSummerBrainInterventionReading Disabilities
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Romeo, R. R., Christodoulou, J. A., Halverson, K. K., Murtagh, J., Cyr, A. B., Schimmel, C., Chang, P., Hook, P. E., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2018). Socioeconomic status and reading disability: Neuroanatomy and plasticity in response to intervention. Cerebral Cortex, 28(7), 2297–2312. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhx131 

Summary: Effective summer reading intervention is coupled with cortical growth, and is especially beneficial for children with RD who come from lower-SES home environments.

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