Is the Letter ‘t’ in the Word ‘gourmet’? Disruption in Task-Evoked Connectivity Networks in Adults with Impaired Literacy Skills

Much work has been done to characterize domain-specific brain networks associated with reading, but very little respect spelling. Our aim was spelling (SpNs) and domain-general resting state (RSNs) in adults without literacy impairments. Skilled impaired were recruited from the University of Alberta. Participants completed three conditions an in-scanner task called a letter probe (LPT). We found highly connected SpNs for both groups individuals, albeit comparatively more connections skilled (50) vs. (43) readers. Notably, did not correlate behaviour either group. also relationships between RSNs this time fewer (36) (53) Finally, predict performance limited manner These results advance our understanding add growing body literature that describes important intricate (i.e., states) individuals developmental disorders.