Chotiga Pattamadilok|Iris Knierim|Keith J. Kawabata Duncan|Joseph T. Devlin
How Does Learning to Read Affect Speech Perception?
Université Libre de Bruxelles|Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences|University College London|University College London
behavioral studies demonstrated learning read write affects processing spoken languagethe present study investigates neural mechanism underlying emergence orthographic effects speech processingtranscranial magnetic stimulation tms used tease apart two competing hypotheses consider orthographic influence either consequence change nature phonological representations literacy acquisition consequence online coactivation orthographic phonological representations speech processingparticipants performed auditory lexical decision task orthographic consistency spoken words manipulated repetitive tms used interfere either phonological orthographic processing stimulating left supramarginal gyrus smg left ventral occipitotemporal cortex votc respectivelythe advantage consistently spelled words removed stimulation delivered smg votc providing strong evidence effect arises phonological rather orthographic levelwe propose possible mechanistic explanation role smg phonological processing affected learning read