Lúcia Willadino Braga|Eduardo Amemiya|Alexandre Tauil|Denis Yudi Suguieda|Carolina Maranhão Marques Lacerda|Elise Klein|Ghislaine Dehaene?Lambertz|Stanislas Dehaene
Tracking Adult Literacy Acquisition With Functional MRI: A Single-Case Study
Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals|Center for Neurosciences|Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals|Center for Neurosciences|Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals|Center for Neurosciences|Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals|Center for Neurosciences|Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals|Center for Neurosciences|Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien|CEA Saclay|Inserm|University of Paris-Saclay|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|University of Paris-Sud|CEA Saclay|Inserm|University of Paris-Saclay|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|University of Paris-Sud|Collège de France
abstract evaluated neurofunctional changes associated late acquisition reading illiterate adult underwent 20 longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging fmri scans 2 years participant progressed complete illiteracy modest level alphabetical decoding initially participant activate neural circuits reading exposed words gradually however began present activation left occipitotemporal cortex visual word form area increase accompanied decrease face responses readingrelated responses also emerged languagerelated areas inferior frontal gyrus temporal lobe additional activations superior parietal lobe superior frontal gyrus posterior medial frontal cortex suggested reading remained dependent effortful executive attention working memory processes nevertheless results indicate adult plasticity sufficient induce rapid changes brain responses written words faces unschooled illiterate adult