The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of chinese characters

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	The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of chinese characters
	Liu, Chao 2,3; Zhang, Wu-Tian 2; Tang, Yi-Yuan 2,4; Mai, Xiao-Qin 2,3,5; Chen, Hsuan-Chih 6; Tardif, Twila 3,5; Luo, Yue-Jia1,2 ; Y. J. Luo
摘要	A notable controversy in neurolinguistics is whether there is a particular brain area specialized for visual word recognition within the visual ventral stream. We investigated this question via implicit processing of Chinese characters. Implicit processing of four types of stimuli - real characters, pseudo characters, artificial characters, and checkerboard - in two different sizes, were compared in 14 normal participants using functional MRI ( fMRI) with a size judgment task. The results showed that when the three character types were contrasted to one another, there was significantly greater activation in the left middle fusiform gyrus during real and pseudo character processing compared to artificial characters. Moreover, individual analysis revealed that the coordinates were consistent with the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) reported for alphabetic scripts. Results also showed a consistent activation in the left middle frontal gyrus ( BA 9) for real and pseudo characters. The relation between this region and the VWFA in Characters processing still needs further investigation.; A notable controversy in neurolinguistics is whether there is a particular brain area specialized for visual word recognition within the visual ventral stream. We investigated this question via implicit processing of Chinese characters. Implicit processing of four types of stimuli - real characters, pseudo characters, artificial characters, and checkerboard - in two different sizes, were compared in 14 normal participants using functional MRI ( fMRI) with a size judgment task. The results showed that when the three character types were contrasted to one another, there was significantly greater activation in the left middle fusiform gyrus during real and pseudo character processing compared to artificial characters. Moreover, individual analysis revealed that the coordinates were consistent with the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) reported for alphabetic scripts. Results also showed a consistent activation in the left middle frontal gyrus ( BA 9) for real and pseudo characters. The relation between this region and the VWFA in Characters processing still needs further investigation. (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc.
关键词	fMRI implicit processing visual word form area orthographic processing chinese character
学科领域	心理语言学
	2008-04-15
语种	英语
发表期刊	NEUROIMAGE
ISSN	1053-8119
卷号	40 期号:3 页码:1350-1361
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000254728200034
引用统计	被引频次：95[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5815
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	Y. J. Luo
作者单位	1.Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Michigan, Dept Psychol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA 4.Dalian Univ Technol, Inst Neuroinformat, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China 5.Univ Michigan, Ctr Human Growth & Dev, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA 6.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Psychol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院心理健康重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Chao,Zhang, Wu-Tian,Tang, Yi-Yuan,et al. The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of chinese characters[J]. NEUROIMAGE,2008,40(3):1350-1361.
APA	Liu, Chao.,Zhang, Wu-Tian.,Tang, Yi-Yuan.,Mai, Xiao-Qin.,Chen, Hsuan-Chih.,...&Y. J. Luo.(2008).The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of chinese characters.NEUROIMAGE,40(3),1350-1361.
MLA	Liu, Chao,et al."The visual word form area: Evidence from an fMRI study of implicit processing of chinese characters".NEUROIMAGE 40.3(2008):1350-1361.

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