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19338714

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Previous work demonstrated that there were differences between literate and comparable illiterate adult subjects. These differences were found in the performance on several tests and on patterns of activation on PET and fMRI. In the present study subjects that learned to read and to write in adulthood (being previously completely illiterate) were compared to controls, that is subjects that learned at school at the proper age. Magnetoencephalography was done while subjects were reading words. Results showed that, although the reading performance was the same in both groups while performing the task, the pattern of source distribution was different between groups. There were more late sources in right temporo-parietal areas of late literates compared to controls and more late sources in left inferior frontal cortex in control subjects. It is concluded that learning to read in adulthood is a process supported by different brain structures from the ones used when learning occurs at the proper age. This may suggest that the same task can be similarly performed by relying on diverse functional brain anatomic networks.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1748-6645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Learning orthography in adulthood: a magnetoencephalographic study.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurological Clinical Research Unit, Lisbon, Portugal; Institute of Health Sciences of Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal. acastrocaldas@ics.ucp.pt
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't