Recognition and reading aloud of kana and kanji word: An fMRI study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 78, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 232-239

  Ino, Tadashi ^a   Nakai, Ryusuke ^b   Azuma, Takashi ^b   Kimura, Toru ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^c  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

fMRI; Kana; Kanji; Reading aloud; Visual word form area; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249099229     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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