Paige Greenwood (U. Cincinnati): Maternal Impacts on the Developing Brain and Reading Outcomes
Channel: iBiology
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: literacybrain developmentreading developmenthome literacy environmentlanguage developmentneuroscienceneural networksreadingchild brain development
Description: ibiology.org In this Share Your Research talk, Dr. Paige Greenwood describes her research on the association between maternal reading ability and child language development. Talk Overview: In order to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, children must develop language skills within their home reading environment. This environment is often influenced by the reading ability of a child’s caregivers. In this Share Your Research talk, Dr. Paige Greenwood describes her doctoral research on the association between maternal reading ability and the development of the language brain network in children. Her work showed that lower maternal reading fluency is associated with higher language network connectivity to brain regions involved in cognitive control and semantics in children. These data suggest that if there is lower frequency or quality of engagement in the home reading environment, children’s brains may overcompensate to meet their language development needs. 0:00-3:57 Introduction: Reading difficulties in children 3:58-8:03 Reading and the developing brain 8:04-15:49 The effects of maternal reading ability on child language development 15:50-17:29 Summary & next steps 17:30 Home literacy: advocacy and best practices Speaker Biography: Dr. Paige Greenwood received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Greenwood is now a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Credits: Brittany Anderton (iBiology): Producer Eric Kornblum (iBiology): Videographer Rebecca Ellsworth (iBiology): Editor Jiefei Yuan (iBiology): Editor Chris George (iBiology): Graphics Maggie Hubbard (iBiology): Graphics Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 © 2007-2021 Science Communication Lab™. All rights reserved.
