Reading

Reading is the process of deriving meaning from complex symbols. It involves decoding letters and recognizing words, as well as fluency in understanding sentences and larger units of language.

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25 January 2023 | Open Access

Intersecting distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning across different languages in bilinguals

Functional MRI data from Chinese-English bilingual participants during a reading task reveals linguistic feature-specific accommodation and assimilation between first and second languages.
- Shujie Geng
- , Wanwan Guo
- & Jianfeng Feng
Communications Biology 6, 99
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21 November 2022 | Open Access

Graph theoretical analysis reveals the functional role of the left ventral occipito-temporal cortex in speech processing
- Shuai Wang
- , Samuel Planton
- & Chotiga Pattamadilok
Scientific Reports 12, 20028
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17 August 2022 | Open Access

Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties
- Sandro Franceschini
- , Sara Bertoni
- & Andrea Facoetti
Scientific Reports 12, 13930
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28 July 2022 | Open Access

Reading text works better than watching videos to improve acuity in a simulation of artificial vision
- Katerina Eleonora K. Rassia
- , Konstantinos Moutoussis
- & John S. Pezaris
Scientific Reports 12, 12953
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19 April 2022 | Open Access

A multi-modal open dataset for mental-disorder analysis
- Hanshu Cai
- , Zhenqin Yuan
- & Bin Hu
Scientific Data 9, 178
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28 March 2022 | Open Access

Using electrophysiological correlates of early semantic priming to test models of reading aloud
- Conrad Perry
Scientific Reports 12, 5224

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Research Highlights | 06 June 2022

Linking spoken and written word knowledge

In this Journal Club, Signy Wegener describes a paper on the role of spoken word knowledge in reading acquisition.
- Signy Wegener
Nature Reviews Psychology 1, 374
Research Highlights | 25 August 2016

Connecting with words

The connectivity pattern of the left occipitotemporal cortex of 5-year-olds who cannot yet read can predict where the functionally specific 'visual word form area' will form once the children learn to read.
- Natasha Bray
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 17, 605
Correspondence | 20 March 2015

Visual attention deficits in developmental dyslexia cannot be ascribed solely to poor reading experience
- Muriel Lobier
- & Sylviane Valdois
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 16, 225
Correspondence | 20 March 2015

Visual attention span deficits and assessing causality in developmental dyslexia
- Usha Goswami
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 16, 225-226
News | 12 April 2012

Baboons can learn to recognize words

Monkeys' ability suggests that reading taps into general systems of pattern recognition.
- Leila Haghighat
Nature

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Reading

Latest Research and Reviews

Intersecting distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning across different languages in bilinguals

Graph theoretical analysis reveals the functional role of the left ventral occipito-temporal cortex in speech processing

Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties

Reading text works better than watching videos to improve acuity in a simulation of artificial vision

A multi-modal open dataset for mental-disorder analysis

Using electrophysiological correlates of early semantic priming to test models of reading aloud

News and Comment

Linking spoken and written word knowledge

Connecting with words

Visual attention deficits in developmental dyslexia cannot be ascribed solely to poor reading experience

Visual attention span deficits and assessing causality in developmental dyslexia

Baboons can learn to recognize words

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