Individual differences in skilled adult readers reveal dissociable patterns of neural activity associated with component processes of reading

Brain and Language

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-371

  Welcome, Suzanne E ^a   Joanisse, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Inferior frontal gyrus; Middle frontal gyrus; Occipital cortex; Orthography; Phonology; Semantics; Temporo parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL CORTEX; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858008177     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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