Striatal activity during contextual word learning is influenced by children's reading ability
Nilgoun Bahar, Desislava Arabadzhiyska, Hannah Jones, Sonia Singh, M B Davis, Jessie Ricketts, Pablo Ripollés, Saloni Krishnan
The paper examines how reward-related brain activity during contextual word learning differs between children with typical reading skills and those with dyslexia, finding reduced ventral striatum activation in dyslexic children.
bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience