Neural Correlates of Statistical Learning in Developmental Dyslexia: An Electroencephalography Study

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Daikoku Tatsuya,Jentschke Sebastian,Tsogli Vera,Bergström Kirstin,Lachmann Thomas,Ahissar Merav,Koelsch Stefan

Abstract

AbstractThe human brain extracts statistical regularities from the surrounding environment in a process referred to as statistical learning. Recent behavioural evidence suggests that developmental dyslexia affects statistical learning. However, surprisingly few neurophysiological studies have assessed how developmental dyslexia affects the neural processing underlying statistical learning. In this study, we used electroencephalography to explore the neural correlates of an important aspect of statistical learning – sensitivity to transitional probabilities – in individuals with developmental dyslexia. Adults diagnosed with developmental dyslexia (n = 17) and controls (n = 19) were exposed to a continuous stream of sound triplets in which a few triplet endings were location deviants (i.e., were presented from an unexpected speaker direction) or statistical deviants (i.e., had a low transitional probability given the triplet’s first two sounds). Location deviants elicited a large location mismatch negativity (MMN), which was larger in controls than dyslexics. Statistical deviants elicited a small, yet significant statistical MMN (sMMN) in controls, whereas the dyslexic individuals did not exhibit a statistical MMN. These results suggest that the neural mechanisms underlying statistical learning are impaired in developmental dyslexia.Significance statementWe assessed the neural correlates of statistical learning in individuals with developmental dyslexia. Statistical deviants, namely word endings with a low transitional probability (as compared to high probability transitions) elicited a small, yet significant statistical MMN in controls, whereas the dyslexic individuals did not exhibit a statistical MMN. Location deviants elicited a MMN, which was larger in controls than dyslexics. These results suggest that the neural mechanisms underlying statistical learning are impaired in developmental dyslexia.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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