An anatomical signature for literacy

Manuel Carreiras (), Mohamed L. Seghier, Silvia Baquero, Adelina Estévez, Alfonso Lozano, Joseph T. Devlin and Cathy J. Price ()
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Manuel Carreiras: Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
Mohamed L. Seghier: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London
Silvia Baquero: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Adelina Estévez: Universidad de La Laguna
Alfonso Lozano: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Joseph T. Devlin: Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences, University College London
Cathy J. Price: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7266, 983-986

Abstract: The seat of literacy Studying the changes that take place in the brain when we learn to read and write is very difficult because literacy is usually achieved during childhood, when many other developmental changes are taking place. An opportunity to use brain imaging to study the process arose when a group of former guerrillas in Colombia, including some who had not been taught to read as children, were being reintegrated into mainstream Colombian society. Comparing brain architecture of these 'late literates' to their illiterate compatriots highlighted a number of brain areas potentially involved in the acquisition of literacy. Interconnections between the left and right angular gyri in the parietal lobe emerge as important for reading irrespective of age of reading acquisition and ability.

Date: 2009
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