Right-hemisphere coherence to speech at pre-reading stages predicts reading performance one year later

Neural entrainment to the low-frequency modulations of speech might contribute significantly to reading acquisition. Still, no previous study has actually attempted to establish a longitudinal link between them. The present study tested Basque-speaking children twice: once before reading was formally instructed (t1; 5–6 years old) and once after they had received a full school year of reading instruction (t2; 6–7 years old). At t1, speech-brain...