Atypical balance between occipital and fronto-parietal activation for visual shape extraction in dyslexia

BrainReading Disabilities
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Zhang, Y., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Christodoulou, J. A., & Gabrieli, J. D. (2013). Atypical balance between occipital and fronto-parietal activation for visual shape extraction in dyslexia. PLoS One, 8(6), e67331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067331 

Summary: A prerequisite for reading - shape processing - was examined in adults with and without dyslexia using fMRI and found to differ from peers without reading challenges.

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