Abstract #3007

Atypical Sulcal Patterns in Pre-Readers and Beginning Readers with a Familial Risk for Developmental Dyslexia

Kiho Im¹, Nora M. Raschle¹, Jennifer Zuk¹, Jennifer Minas², Ola Ozranov-Palchik¹, Nadine Gaab¹, Patricia Ellen Grant³

¹Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

Developmental dyslexia (DD) is one of the most prominent specific learning disabilities, affecting 5-17% of children. The goal of this study was to investigate possible structural pre-markers of DD in pre-readers as well as beginning readers using sulcal pattern analysis.