Anatomical correlates of dynamic auditory processing: Relationship to literacy during early adolescence

► Typically developing adolescents were scanned 3 times in 3 years. ► Frequency modulation threshold correlates with gray-matter density in Heschl's gyrus for ten year old, regardless of sex. ► It disappeared at 11.5 years in both sexes, and reappeared (in boys) at 13 years of age.