Hanlin You|Nadine Gaab|Na Wei|Alice Cheng?Lai|Zhengke Wang|Jie Jian|Meixia Song|Xiangzhi Meng|Guiguang Ding
Neural deficits in second language reading: fMRI evidence from Chinese children with English reading impairment
Peking University|Boston Children's Hospital|Boston University|Harvard University|Beijing Normal University|Center for Life Sciences|Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Peking University|Peking University|Beijing Normal University|Center for Life Sciences|Peking University|Beijing Normal University
alphabetic language systems converging evidence indicates developmental dyslexia represents disorder phonological processing behaviorally neurobiologically however still unknown whether impaired phonological processing remains core deficit impaired english reading individuals english second language represented neural cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging present study investigated neural responses letter rhyming judgment phonological task letter samedifferent judgment orthographic task chinese school children english chinese reading impairment compared typically developing children whole brain analyses multiple comparison correction revealed reduced activation within left lingualcalcarine gyrus orthographic processing children reading impairment compared typical readers independent region interest analysis showed reduced activation occipitotemporal regions orthographic processing reduced activation parietotemporal regions phonological processing consistent previous studies english native speakers results suggest similar neural deficits involved impaired phonological processing english first second language acquired findings pose implications reading remediation educational curriculum design educational policy second language learners