Rethinking the function of brain regions for reading Chinese characters in a meta-analysis of fMRI studies

R Zhao, R Fan, M Liu, X Wang, J Yang - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2017 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies have proposed specific brain regions for reading Chinese characters.
For example, compared to alphabetic languages, Chinese reading has revealed more …

Neural representation of phonological information during Chinese character reading

A Li, R Yang, J Qu, J Dong, L Gu… - Human Brain Mapping, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have revealed that phonological processing of Chinese characters elicited
activation in the left prefrontal cortex, bilateral parietal cortex, and occipitotemporal regions …

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

CY Wu, MHR Ho, SHA Chen - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
A growing body of neuroimaging evidence has shown that Chinese character processing
recruits differential activation from alphabetic languages due to its unique linguistic features …

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 …

The neural correlates of sub-lexical semantics and its integration with the lexical meaning in reading Chinese characters

X Zhang, W Cai, M Dang, R Zhang, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The semantic neural routes in contemporary models of visual word recognition are mainly
constructed based on lexical-semantic processing. However, the neural bases of processing …

Specialization of phonological and semantic processing in Chinese word reading

JR Booth, D Lu, DD Burman, TL Chou, Z Jin, DL Peng… - Brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the neurocognitive network for processing visual
word forms in native Chinese speakers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Effective connectivity of brain regions related to visual word recognition: An fMRI study of C hinese reading

M Xu, T Wang, S Chen, PT Fox… - Human Brain Mapping, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Past neuroimaging studies have focused on identifying specialized functional brain systems
for processing different components of reading, such as orthography, phonology, and …

Frequency effects of Chinese character processing in the brain: an event-related fMRI study

WJ Kuo, TC Yeh, CY Lee, YT Wu, CC Chou, LT Ho… - Neuroimage, 2003 - Elsevier
Knowing how the brain processes Chinese characters of different frequencies of occurrence
may shed light on the extent to which orthographic variations of different languages can …

Functional connectivity during orthographic, phonological, and semantic processing of Chinese characters identifies distinct visuospatial and phonosemantic networks

CY Liu, R Tao, L Qin, S Matthews… - Human brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While neuroimaging studies have identified brain regions associated with single word
reading, its three constituents, namely, orthography, phonology, and meaning, and the …

Overlap and dissociation of semantic processing of Chinese characters, English words, and pictures: evidence from fMRI

MWL Chee, B Weekes, KM Lee, CS Soon, A Schreiber… - Neuroimage, 2000 - Elsevier
The functional anatomy of Chinese character processing was investigated using fMRI. Right-
handed Mandarin–English bilingual participants made either semantic or perceptual size …