Quantitative Electroencephalography (qEEG) Coherence Predicts Reading Performance in Children: A Foundational Study

• In Event: Exploring the Interaction Between Neuroscience and Educational Research

Abstract

The present study explored the predictive utility of qEEG connectivity across the brain in 60 school-aged children for reading performance in standardized assessments like the Woodcock Johnson III- Test of Achievement. Analyses assessing intrahemispheric coherence at rest were conducted across the sample of participants and several coherence networks were extracted and compared to standardized reading achievement scores. Specifically, networks that included Brodmann area 44 and 45, involved in the cognitive processes responsible for reading performance and whose coherence was significantly correlated with standardized reading scores, were examined. Results indicate the presence of five coherence networks, two in left and three in right hemisphere with associations in the fronto-temporal, occipital, temporo-parietal, and occipito-temporal lobe with predictive utility for broad reading skills.

Author

• Ayan Mitra, University of Connecticut - Storrs