{"pk":50477,"title":"Resting-state EEG and Reading Skills in German-speaking Children","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Resting-state neural oscillations have been linked with attention and language processing, yet their specific role in reading skills remains unclear. We studied the associations between resting-state EEG and reading skills among 83 German-speaking first to third graders. Our analyses focused on power spectrum density across four frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta) and cluster-based connectivity, in children with varying reading abilities, controlling for age. Spectral analysis showed no significant associations between reading skills and frequency bands. Functional connectivity analysis revealed a negative association with delta-band activity in the central-parietal and with theta-, beta- and delta-band activity in the central-occipital network. Pseudoword reading and reading comprehension were negatively associated with theta-band activity in the left central-occipital and delta-band activity in the right central-occipital network, respectively. Our findings provide insights into the complex relationship between neural oscillations and early reading and suggest resting-state functional connectivity as a neural marker of reading skills.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Cognitive Neuroscience; Cognitive development; Language acquisition; Language Comprehension; Electroencephalography (EEG)"}],"section":"Member Abstracts with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/00v6k96h","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Siyi","middle_name":"","last_name":"Zhao","name_suffix":"","institution":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong","department":""},{"first_name":"Sarah V","middle_name":"","last_name":"Di Pietro","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Zurich","department":""},{"first_name":"Seline","middle_name":"","last_name":"Coraj","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Zurich","department":""},{"first_name":"Christina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lutz","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Zurich","department":""},{"first_name":"Silvia","middle_name":"","last_name":"Brem","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Zurich","department":""},{"first_name":"Urs","middle_name":"","last_name":"Maurer","name_suffix":"","institution":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T13:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/50477/galley/38439/download/"}]}