Reading acquisition reorganizes the phonological awareness network only in alphabetic writing systems

• Main Authors: Brennan, Christine, Cao, Fan, Pedroarena-Leal, Nicole, McNorgan, Chris, Booth, James R.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100846; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16308
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is unknown how experience with different types of orthographies influences the neural basis of oral language processing. In order to determine the effects of alphabetic and nonalphabetic writing systems, the current study examined the influence of learning to read on oral language in English and...