A lifespan fMRI study of neurodevelopment associated with reading Chinese

WT Siok, F Jia, CY Liu, CA Perfetti, LH Tan - Cerebral Cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map the neural systems involved
in reading Chinese in 125 participants 6–74 years old to examine two theoretical issues …

Will you read how I will read? Naturalistic fMRI predictors of emergent reading

EK Wat, DC Jangraw, ES Finn, PA Bandettini… - Neuropsychologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite reading being an essential and almost universal skill in the developed world,
reading proficiency varies substantially from person to person. To study why, the fMRI field is …

Prereader to beginning reader: changes induced by reading acquisition in print and speech brain networks

K Chyl, B Kossowski, A Dębska… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Literacy acquisition is a demanding process that induces significant changes in
the brain, especially in the spoken and written language networks. Nevertheless, large …

Tracking adult literacy acquisition with functional MRI: A single‐case study

LW Braga, E Amemiya, A Tauil… - Mind, Brain, and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated neuro‐functional changes associated with late acquisition of reading in an
illiterate adult who underwent 20 longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

A universal reading network and its modulation by writing system and reading ability in French and Chinese children

X Feng, I Altarelli, K Monzalvo, G Ding, F Ramus… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Are the brain mechanisms of reading acquisition similar across writing systems? And do
similar brain anomalies underlie reading difficulties in alphabetic and ideographic reading …

Print-speech convergence predicts future reading outcomes in early readers

JL Preston, PJ Molfese, SJ Frost… - Psychological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Becoming a skilled reader requires building a functional neurocircuitry for printed-language
processing that integrates with spoken-language-processing networks. In this longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-reading language abilities and the brain's functional reading network in young children

A Benischek, X Long, CS Rohr, S Bray, D Dewey… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Early childhood is an important period for language development that lays the foundation for
future reading abilities. However, little research has focused on the functional brain systems …

Development of neural mechanisms for reading

PE Turkeltaub, L Gareau, DL Flowers, TA Zeffiro… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
The complexities of pediatric brain imaging have precluded studies that trace the neural
development of cognitive skills acquired during childhood. Using a task that isolates reading …

Testing for dual brain processing routes in reading: a direct contrast of Chinese character and pinyin reading using fMRI

Y Chen, S Fu, SD Iversen, SM Smith… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2002 - direct.mit.edu
Chinese offers a unique tool for testing the effects of word form on language processing
during reading. The processes of letter-mediated grapheme-to-phoneme translation and …

Emergence of the neural network for reading in five-year-old beginning readers of different levels of pre-literacy abilities: an fMRI study

Y Yamada, C Stevens, M Dow, BA Harn, DJ Chard… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
The present study traced the emergence of the neural circuits for reading in five-year-old
children of diverse pre-literacy ability. In the fall and winter of kindergarten, children …