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Reading, complexity and the brain
Author(s) -
Goswami Usha
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1741-4369
pISSN - 1741-4350
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4369.2008.00484.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , literacy , psychology , cognition , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy
Brain imaging offers a new technology for understanding the acquisition of reading by children. It can contribute novel evidence concerning the key mechanisms supporting reading, and the brain systems that are involved. The extensive neural architecture that develops to support efficient reading testifies to the complex developmental processes that underpin the acquisition of literacy. Here, I provide a brief overview of recent studies, analysed within a cognitive framework of reading development.