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The neural development and organization of letter recognition: Evidence from functional neuroimaging, computational modeling, and behavioral studies
Pages 85-90

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Key Terms

  • neural substrates
  • six sessions
  • output layer
  • neural network
  • worker controls

  • letter processing
  • letter comparison
  • response times
  • surface coil
  • neural learning

  • left inferior
  • layer represents
  • subjects passively
  • visual word
  • output layers

  • neural substrate
  • visual form
  • distributed input
  • stimulus categories
  • musical sounds

  • viewed blocks
  • characters occur
  • z score
  • sounds occur
  • hemisphere disrupts

  • represent letters
  • passively viewed


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