Yuliya N. Yoncheva|Vera Blau|Urs Maurer|Bruce D. McCandliss
Attentional Focus During Learning Impacts N170 ERP Responses to an Artificial Script
Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Health|Vanderbilt University|University of Zurich|Vanderbilt University
reading instruction direct attention different unit sizes printtospeech mapping ranging graphemephoneme wholeword relationships thus attentional focus learning might influence brain mechanisms recruited reading indexed n170 response visual words test two groups adults trained read artificial script instructions directing attention graphemephoneme versus wholeword associations n170 responses subsequently contrasted within active reading task graphemephoneme focus drove leftlateralized n170 response relative rightlateralized n170 wholeword focus findings suggest key role attentional focus early reading acquisition