In an earlier study, the researchers found that another nutrient, iron, influenced aspects of both grey and white matter development. (sciencedaily.com)
In the study, researchers examined brain scans of 38 kindergarteners as they were learning to read formally at school and tracked their white matter development until third grade. (sciencedaily.com)
«We show that white matter development during a critical period in a child's life, when they start school and learn to read for the very first time, predicts how well the child ends up reading,» said Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, senior author and an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at UCSF, and member of the UCSF Dyslexia Center. (sciencedaily.com)