A meta-analysis of fMRI studies on Chinese orthographic, phonological, and semantic processing

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 381-391

  Wu, Chiao Yi ^a   Ho, Moon Ho Ringo ^a   Chen, Shen Hsing Annabel ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; FMRI; Meta analysis; Orthographic processing; Phonological processing; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; ORTHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864413796     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.047     Document Type: Article

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