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EEG N1 Specialization to Print in Chinese Primary School Students: Developmental Trajectories, Longitudinal Changes, and Individual Differences

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Title: EEG N1 Specialization to Print in Chinese Primary School Students: Developmental Trajectories, Longitudinal Changes, and Individual Differences
Language: English
Authors: Shuting Huo (ORCID 0000-0001-5067-8491), Jason Chor Ming Lo (ORCID 0000-0002-8428-1086), Kelvin Fai Hong Lui (ORCID 0000-0003-4818-3136), Urs Maurer (ORCID 0000-0002-4156-8597), Catherine Mcbride (ORCID 0000-0002-6212-3511)
Source: Child Development. 2025 96(5):1632-1644.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Brain, Specialization, Printed Materials, Elementary School Students, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Measurement Equipment, Reading Processes, Reading Skills, Twins, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Fluency
Geographic Terms: China
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14258
ISSN: 0009-3920
1467-8624
Abstract: Neural specialization for print can be indexed by the left-lateralized N1 response as a tuning gradient to visual words, indicated by sensitivity (character vs. visual control) and selectivity (character vs. character-like stimuli). Forty-five Chinese children (20 boys) were recorded with EEG twice with a 2-year interval during a character decision task (T1, 2016-2017: 7-9 years old; T2, 2018-2020: 9-11). Character N1 amplitude decreased faster with age (7-11 years) compared to non-character N1, and character and character-like N1 became less right-lateralized. T1 better readers showed more longitudinal decrease of print sensitivity and more left-lateralized T2 print sensitivity and selectivity. To conclude, reading skill drives functional neural efficiency for processing print, and the left hemisphere may be a linguistically universal neural mechanism for reading development.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1481838
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Neural specialization for print can be indexed by the left-lateralized N1 response as a tuning gradient to visual words, indicated by sensitivity (character vs. visual control) and selectivity (character vs. character-like stimuli). Forty-five Chinese children (20 boys) were recorded with EEG twice with a 2-year interval during a character decision task (T1, 2016-2017: 7-9 years old; T2, 2018-2020: 9-11). Character N1 amplitude decreased faster with age (7-11 years) compared to non-character N1, and character and character-like N1 became less right-lateralized. T1 better readers showed more longitudinal decrease of print sensitivity and more left-lateralized T2 print sensitivity and selectivity. To conclude, reading skill drives functional neural efficiency for processing print, and the left hemisphere may be a linguistically universal neural mechanism for reading development.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.14258