Fan Cao|Charles A. Perfetti
Neural Signatures of the Reading-Writing Connection: Greater Involvement of Writing in Chinese Reading than English Reading
Michigan State University|University of Pittsburgh
research crosslinguistic comparisons neural correlates reading consistently found left middle frontal gyrus mfg involved chinese english however lack consensus interpretation language difference region found involved writing hypothesize reading chinese characters involves writing region greater degree chinese speakers learn read repeatedly writing characters test hypothesis recruited english l1 learners chinese performed reading task writing task language english l1 sample learned chinese characters characterwriting others phonological learning allowing test writingonreading effect found left mfg activated chinese english regardless task activated writing reading regardless language furthermore found region activated reading chinese characters learned characterwriting learned phonological learning major conclusion writing regions also activated reading readingwriting connection modulated learning experience replicated main findings group native chinese speakers excluded possibility language differences observed english l1 participants due different language proficiency level