Editorial: Neural bases of reading acquisition and reading disability

International audienceReading is an essential skill, necessary not only for success in school, but for maintaininga high quality of life in increasingly literate societies. Changes in technology have alteredreading formats and increased the range and complexity of literacy contexts, thus placingeven more pressure on foundational reading skills. The development of these skills occurswith corresponding neural development associated with learning the forms and functions ofwritten language and their relation to spoken language. Difficulties in learning to read areassociated with neural patterns that differ from those of successful learning. Thus, studies ofthe neural bases of reading inform the development of literacy and reading disability