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SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5813029 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Xiaosha X Xu Yangwen Y Wang Yuwei Y Zeng Yi Y Zhang Jiacai J Ling Zhenhua Z Bi Yanchao Y
Scientific reports 20180214 1
Access to semantic information of visual word forms is a key component of reading comprehension. In this study, we examined the involvement of the visual word form area (VWFA) in this process by investigating whether and how the activity patterns of the VWFA are influenced by semantic information during semantic tasks. We asked participants to perform two semantic tasks - taxonomic or thematic categorization - on visual words while obtaining the blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI responses ...[more]