Stanislas Dehaene
<i>Reading in the Brain</i> Revised and Extended: Response to Comments
Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab|Inserm|Collège de France|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission
reading brain les neurones de la lecture 2007 examined origins human reading abilities light contemporary cognitive neuroscience argued reading acquisition cultures recycles preexisting cortical circuits dedicated invariant visual recognition organization circuits imposes strong constraints invention cultural evolution writing systems article seven years later briefly review new experimental evidence particularly brain imaging studies illiterate adults indicates reading acquisition invades culturally universal cortical circuits competes prior function including mirrorinvariant visual recognition face processing response critics emphasize brain plasticity brain constraints reconciled within bayesian perspective learning also discuss importance newly discovered gesture system reading writing finally argue consistent evidence deep crosscultural universals writing systems well multiple subtypes dyslexia expected given broad set areas recruited reading task