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Neuroimaging studies of word reading
Pages 152-159

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Key Terms

  • word reading
  • frontal cortex
  • phonological dyslexia
  • sensorimotor control
  • assembled route

  • control condition
  • motor cortex
  • brain regions
  • neuroimaging studies
  • primary motor

  • direct route
  • medial cerebellum
  • brain damage
  • reading aloud
  • unpublished data

  • read aloud
  • control conditions
  • reading silently
  • nine studies
  • decision task

  • anterior insula
  • localizing brain
  • phonological representations
  • temporal regions
  • reading performance

  • middle temporal
  • regions contribute
  • quantitative review
  • word sound
  • experimental manipulations


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