Engagement of networks related to attention, executive function, and sensory processing during parental vs experimenter story-listening: an fMRI study.

Journal: Pediatric research
Published Date: Aug 4, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Caregivers shape children's reading abilities and neural networks. While joint reading is well-studied, the impact of parental storytelling on reading-related networks (executive function [EF], attention, sensory processing) before and at the early stages of reading acquisition remains unclear. This study examines whether parental storytelling differentially influences these networks compared to an experimenter's narration.

Authors

  • Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus
    Educational Neuroimaging Group, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel; Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: Tzipi.Kraus@technion.ac.il.
  • Liana Magaliff
    Educational Neuroimaging Group, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
  • Dror Kraus
    The Institute of Child Neurology SCMCI, Petach-Tikva, Israel.
  • Mika Shapira Rootman
    Department of Radiology, Rambam Hospital Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
  • Tamar Steinberg
    The Institute of Child Neurology SCMCI, Petach-Tikva, Israel.
  • Dorit Aram
    School of Education, Tel-Aviv University (TAU), Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Rupa Radhakrishnan
    Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Pennsylvania, IN, USA.
  • Rola Farah
    Educational Neuroimaging Group, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.

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