Neurolinguistic Studies of Reading in Chinese

New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2017 Dec;2017(158):55-68. doi: 10.1002/cad.20219.

Abstract

Using the Chinese writing system, which is unique with respect to the composition of each character in terms of its graphic shape, as an example, this chapter addresses the neurobiological underpinnings of reading and writing and how these brain circuits are used in different languages.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology*
  • Dyslexia* / genetics
  • Dyslexia* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Learning / physiology*
  • Psycholinguistics*
  • Reading*
  • Writing*