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Towards a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) for Improving Phonological Processing in Developmental Dyslexia: An Exploratory Study.
| Τίτλος: | Towards a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) for Improving Phonological Processing in Developmental Dyslexia: An Exploratory Study. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Zheng X; Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland., Araújo J; Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland., Busson Q; Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland., Goswami U; Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
| Πηγή: | The European journal of neuroscience [Eur J Neurosci] 2026 Oct; Vol. 64 (7), pp. e70709. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: France NLM ID: 8918110 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1460-9568 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0953816X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Neurosci Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Published on behalf of the European Neuroscience Association by Oxford University Press, c1989- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Dyslexia*/physiopathology , Speech Perception*/physiology , Brain*/physiopathology , Brain-Computer Interfaces*, Electroencephalography/methods ; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Reading ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Phonetics |
| Περίληψη: | Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have immense potential regarding the provision of therapies for disorders of development, but to date have typically been created for non-linguistic disorders such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Here, we present a BCI designed to improve linguistic phonological processing during natural speech listening, aimed at participants with developmental dyslexia. Phonological 'deficits' are considered a core feature of dyslexia across languages and are present from infancy in those later diagnosed with dyslexia. Here, a non-invasive EEG-BCI relying on auditory inputs and visual feedback was developed to optimise brain patterns related to phonological development in infants and children. The BCI focused on neural patterns identified using Temporal Sampling theory, which has found the theta/delta ratio during natural speech listening to be a key neural associate of impaired phonology. As a first step, the BCI was tested with adults. Adults with and without dyslexia played the BCI for 16 sessions and received pre- and post-testing regarding phonological awareness and single word and non-word reading skills. Learning was assessed both online, as in most BCI studies, and offline, enabling removal of a greater number of potential EEG artefacts. Significant associations between offline BCI scores (a measure of BCI learning) and improvements in non-word reading were found for all participants who learned the BCI, both dyslexic and control. BCI learning also showed significant associations with improvements in real word reading and amplitude rise time discrimination. The data are interpreted with respect to Temporal Sampling theory. (© 2026 The Author(s). European Journal of Neuroscience published by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) |
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| Grant Information: | Yidan Prize Foundation |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: EEG; brain–computer interface; dyslexia; phonological processing; temporal sampling theory |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261009 Date Completed: 20261009 Latest Revision: 20261011 |
| Update Code: | 20261011 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13650247 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ejn.70709 |
| PMID: | 42850796 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1460-9568 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/ejn.70709 |