Brenda Rapp|Kate Lipka
The Literate Brain: The Relationship between Spelling and Reading
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
abstract report results fmri investigation neural bases written language comprehension reading production spelling tasks examined individuals allowing greater precision establishing relationship neural underpinnings two cognitive functions also examined relationship written language substrates involved face object house processing results reveal reading spelling share specific left hemisphere substrates midfusiform gyrus inferior frontal gyrusjunction furthermore results indicate left midfusiform substrates specifically involved lexical orthographic processing also find written language face processing exhibit largely complementary activation patterns fusiform inferior frontaljunction areas left right lateralization respectively sum results provide perhaps strongest evidence date components shared written language comprehension reading production spelling understanding role literacy within larger repertoire cognitive operations neural substrates