ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) Lateralization in Children and Adolescents

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Sensation and Perception

  • Roshni Nischal
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Marlene Behrmann
    Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

The visual word form area (VWFA) of the brain is activated by orthographic input. In right-handers, the VWFA is co-localized with language and lateralized to the left hemisphere. The present study examines the emergence and specificity of the VWFA from childhood, when reading skills are acquired, through adolescence to adulthood.

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