What makes written words so special to the brain

• Main Author: Urs Maurer (auth)
• Other Authors: Mohamed L Seghier (auth), Gui Xue (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Learning; fMRI; Word Processing; Multilingualism; ERP; reading; Dyslexia; laterality
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Reading is an integral part of life in today's information-driven societies. Since the pioneering work of Dejerine on "word blindness" in brain-lesioned patients, the literature has increased exponentially, from neuropsychological case reports to mechanistic accounts of word processin...