TY - JOUR
T1 - The neurocognitive basis of reading single words as seen through early latency ERPs
T2 - A model of converging pathways
AU - Dien, Joseph
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - This paper first provides a brief review of the functional neuroanatomy of reading single words, focusing on the lexical and phonological routes. Next, early (defined as peaking prior to 350 ms) reading event-related potential components are summarized. A comprehensive effort is made to organize existing observations into a coherent scheme and commentary is made on terminology. Proposals are made regarding the cognitive function reflected by each ERP component and the associated generator sites. The overall framework constitutes a neurocognitive model of reading and demonstrates how the high temporal resolution of event-related potentials can provide additional insights into the reading process beyond those available from behavioral and neuroimaging studies, with a special focus on how the two pathways implied in reading are coordinated. The present model suggests that there are two such coordinating operations, convergence processes during an initial information burst and resonance processes during an extended harmonization process that follows.
AB - This paper first provides a brief review of the functional neuroanatomy of reading single words, focusing on the lexical and phonological routes. Next, early (defined as peaking prior to 350 ms) reading event-related potential components are summarized. A comprehensive effort is made to organize existing observations into a coherent scheme and commentary is made on terminology. Proposals are made regarding the cognitive function reflected by each ERP component and the associated generator sites. The overall framework constitutes a neurocognitive model of reading and demonstrates how the high temporal resolution of event-related potentials can provide additional insights into the reading process beyond those available from behavioral and neuroimaging studies, with a special focus on how the two pathways implied in reading are coordinated. The present model suggests that there are two such coordinating operations, convergence processes during an initial information burst and resonance processes during an extended harmonization process that follows.
KW - ERPs
KW - Language
KW - Neuroimaging
KW - Visual word form area
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.04.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18538915
AN - SCOPUS:58049211515
VL - 80
SP - 10
EP - 22
JO - Biological Psychology
JF - Biological Psychology
SN - 0019-493X
IS - 1
ER -