Investigating the ventral-lexical, dorsal-sublexical model of basic reading processes using diffusion tensor imaging

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 445-455

  Cummine, Jacqueline ^a   Dai, Wenjun ^a   Borowsky, Ron ^b   Gould, Layla ^b   Rollans, Claire ^c   Boliek, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Dorsal sublexical processes; Reading; Tractography; Ventral lexical processes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886734123     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0666-8     Document Type: Article

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