Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4322084 | Neuron | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryTheories of reading have posited the existence of a neural representation coding for whole real words (i.e., an orthographic lexicon), but experimental support for such a representation has proved elusive. Using fMRI rapid adaptation techniques, we provide evidence that the human left ventral occipitotemporal cortex (specifically the “visual word form area,” VWFA) contains a representation based on neurons highly selective for individual real words, in contrast to current theories that posit a sublexical representation in the VWFA.
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Authors
Laurie S. Glezer, Xiong Jiang, Maximilian Riesenhuber,