Differential roles of spatial frequency on reading processes for ideograms and phonograms: A high-density ERP study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-78

  Horie, Shizuka ^a   Yamasaki, Takao ^a   Okamoto, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nakashima, Taisuke ^a   Ogata, Katsuya ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High spatial frequency (HSF); Japanese; Kana; Kanji; Low spatial frequency (LSF); Parallel visual pathways; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDEOGRAM; JAPANESE; LINGUISTICS; LOW SPATIAL FREQUENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHONOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH;

ADULT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 83155192126     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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