Localizing the lexicon for reading aloud: replication of a PET study using fMRI
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to investigate the neural basis of written word recognition in two normal subjects. With a 1.5T scanner and temporal surface coil, T2 gradient echo images were obtained while subjects read words aloud. As a control condition, subjects visualized false font strings and said the word "range' each time such a string appeared. These two conditions were presented in an oscillatory pattern, alternating 30 s of each condition for a total of 4 min. Comparison of the two conditions using cross-correlation demonstrated strong activation in both subjects in the left posterior superior temporal gyrus, near the site predicted for the visual input lexicon by Déjerine and recently demonstrated by positron emission tomography.
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The left posterior middle/superior temporal gyrus was more activated for reading aloud than viewing false fonts and saying a single word.
“The first was the left posterior middle/superior temporal gyrus which was more activated for reading aloud than viewing ‘false fonts’ (non-existent letter-like forms that controlled for visual input) and saying a single word (e.g. “crime” or “range”) to control for speech production (Howard et al., 1992; Small et al., 1996).”
From A review and synthesis of the first 20years of PET and fMRI studies of heard speech, spoken language and reading (2012) · cites this paper as Small et al., 1996
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- Authors
- Small, S. L., Noll, D. C., Perfetti, C. A., Hlustik, P., Wellington, R., & Schneider, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Venue
- Neuroreport
- Published
- 1996-03
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 961-965
- ISSN
- 0959-4965 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2053705947
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 5.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroreport (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (KO8-00054)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- visual word recognition, vocabulary, reading aloud, posterior superior temporal gyrus, visual word processing, left hemisphere, neural basis of reading
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Language, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reading, Speech, Temporal Lobe, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Artifacts
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