Kuhl, Ulrike: The brain basis of emerging literacy and numeracy skills. Longitudinal neuroimaging evidence from kindergarten to primary school. 2019
Inhalt
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures
- List of Tables
- List of Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Literacy and Numeracy
- 2.1 Foundations of literacy
- 2.2 Foundations of numeracy
- 2.3 Potential links between literacy and numeracy
- 2.4 Studying literacy and numeracy: prominent confounds
- 3 Research aims and hypotheses
- 4 Brain structural and functional development
- 4.1 General brain structure
- 4.2 Microanatomical brain development
- 4.3 Macroanatomical brain development
- 4.4 Functional brain development
- 5 Examining brain structure and function via magnetic resonance imaging
- 5.1 Magnetic resonance imaging
- 5.1.1 Basic principles of magnetic resonance imaging measurements
- 5.1.2 Parameters determining image contrast
- 5.2 Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- 5.3 Examining grey matter structure
- 5.4 Examining white matter structure
- 5.5 Examining functional coherence of neural systems
- 5.5.1 Resting state functional connectivity
- 5.5.2 Regional homogeneity
- 5.5.3 Fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations
- 5.6 Statistical analysis
- 6 Empirical Study I: Unraveling potential causes from consequences of developmental dyslexia
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Methods
- 6.2.1 Participants
- 6.2.2 Behavioral cognitive assessment and sociodemographic status
- 6.2.3 Magnetic resonance imaging data acquisition
- 6.2.4 Magnetic resonance imaging data preprocessing
- 6.2.5 Voxel–based and surface–based morphometry
- 6.2.6 Regions of interest selection
- 6.2.7 Tractography
- 6.2.8 Functional coherence measures
- 6.2.9 Statistical analysis
- 6.3 Results
- 6.4 Discussion
- 7 Empirical Study II: Surface plasticity and numeracy skills
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Methods
- 7.2.1 Participants
- 7.2.2 Behavioral cognitive assessment and sociodemographic status
- 7.2.3 Magnetic resonance imaging data acquisition
- 7.2.4 Magnetic resonance imaging data preprocessing
- 7.2.5 Surface based morphometry
- 7.2.6 Statistical analysis
- 7.3 Results
- 7.4 Discussion
- 8 General Discussion
- 8.1 Summary of results
- 8.2 Integrating current findings with theories of dyslexia
- 8.3 Integrating current findings with theories of numeracy development
- 8.4 Concluding remarks
- Bibliography
- Curriculum Vitae
- Publications & Talks
- Summary of dissertation
- Zusammenfassung der Dissertation
- Declaration