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Title:

Children with dyslexia lack multiple specializations along the visual word-form (VWF) system.

Document type:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Article
Author(s):
van der Mark, S; Bucher, K; Maurer, U; Schulz, E; Brem, S; Buckelmüller, J; Kronbichler, M; Loenneker, T; Klaver, P; Martin, E; Brandeis, D
Abstract:
Developmental dyslexia has been associated with a dysfunction of a brain region in the left inferior occipitotemporal cortex, called the "visual word-form area" (VWFA). In adult normal readers, the VWFA is specialized for print processing and sensitive to the orthographic familiarity of letter strings. However, it is still unclear whether these two levels of occipitotemporal specialization are affected in developmental dyslexia. Specifically, we investigated whether (a) these two levels of speci...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Neuroimage
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
47
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
1940-9
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.021
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19446640
Print-ISSN:
1053-8119
TUM Institution:
Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
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