Chris I. Baker|Jia Liu|Lawrence L. Wald|Kenneth K. Kwong|Thomas Benner|Nancy Kanwisher
Visual word processing and experiential origins of functional selectivity in human extrastriate cortex
National Institute of Mental Health|National Institutes of Health|Beijing Normal University|Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging|Harvard University|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts General Hospital|Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging|Harvard University|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts General Hospital|Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging|Harvard University|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts General Hospital|Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging|Harvard University|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts General Hospital|McGovern Institute for Brain Research
categoryselective regions arise human extrastriate cortex visually presented words provide ideal test role experience although individuals extensive experience visual words species reading thousand years period thought long enough natural selection produce genetically specified mechanism dedicated visual word recognition per se using relatively highresolution functional magnetic resonance imaging 14 x 14 x 2mm voxels identified small region extrastriate cortex participants responds selectively visually presented words consonant strings compared line drawings digit strings chinese characters critically show pattern selectivity dependent experience specific orthographies region responds strongly hebrew words hebrew readers nonreaders hebrew results indicate extensive experience given visual category produce strong selectivity category discrete cortical regions