Philippe Pinel|Christophe Lalanne|Thomas Bourgeron|Fabien Fauchereau|Cyril Poupon|Éric Artiges|Denis Le Bihan|Ghislaine Dehaene?Lambertz|Stanislas Dehaene
Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Visual Word Form and Fusiform Face Areas
Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab|Inserm|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Collège de France|University of Paris-Sud|Inserm|Université Paris Cité|Délégation Paris 7|Sorbonne Paris Cité|Délégation Paris 7|Sorbonne Paris Cité|Université Paris Cité|Fondation FondaMental|Gènes, synapses et cognition|Institut Pasteur|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Délégation Paris 7|Sorbonne Paris Cité|Université Paris Cité|Fondation FondaMental|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Centre Hospitalier d'Orsay|University of Paris-Sud|Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale|Inserm|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab|Inserm|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Collège de France|University of Paris-Sud|Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab|Inserm|Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission|Collège de France|University of Paris-Sud
two areas occipitotemporal cortex show remarkable hemispheric lateralization written words activate visual word form area vwfa left fusiform gyrus faces activate symmetrical site right hemisphere fusiform face area ffa lateralization vwfa fits leftward asymmetry speech processing network origin rightward asymmetry faces still unclear using fmri data 64 subjects including 16 monozygotic mz 13 dizygotic dz twin pairs investigated activations evoked written words faces spoken language colateralized temporal lobe whether organization reflects genetic factors individual reading expertise found lateralization left superior temporal activation spoken language correlates lateralization occipitotemporal activations written words faces behavioral reading scores also modulate responses words faces estimation genetic environmental contributions shows activations vwfa occipital face area temporal speech areas partially genetic control whereas activation ffa primarily influenced individual experience results stress importance genetic factors acquired expertise occipitotemporal organization