Learning to read alters cortico-subcortical cross-talk in the visual system of illiterates

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Skeide, Michael A ^a   Kumar, Uttam ^b   Mishra, Ramesh K ^c   Tripathi, Viveka N ^d   Guleria, Anupam ^b   Singh, Jay P ^d   Eisner, Frank ^e   Huettig, Falk ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Centre of Biomedical Research   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CROSSTALK; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; MIDBRAIN; NEUROPLASTIC CHANGES; NEUROPLASTICITY; RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; READING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; READING; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 85041397357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602612     Document Type: Article

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