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An fMRI Study of Reading Different Word Form

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Advanced Communication and Networking (ACN 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 199))

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Abstract

Chinese characters appear in the currently used Korean language, and the writing system of the Korean language consists of a mixture of the Korean alphabet and Chinese characters. However, the usage of Chinese characters in Korean language is different compared to Chinese or Japanese. In the present study, the neural mechanisms involved in reading a single Chinese character words and naming pictures by Korean native speakers were investigated using a functional magnetic resonance imaging technique. The findings show a right hemispheric dominance within the occipito-temporal and the left middle / medial frontal area for both reading and naming of Chinese characters and pictures. This should reflect the specific visual processing of reading Chinese characters. Additional activations in inferior frontal and cingulage gyrus are also observed. The activations of inferior parietal region and thalamus are of interest, since we assume that these activations are strongly related with the phonological status of single Chinese character words rather than two character words by Korean native speakers.

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    Hyo Woon Yoon & Ji-Hyang Lim

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  1. Hannam University, 133 Ojeong-dong, Daeduk-gu, 306-791, Daejeon, South Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  2. The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, 43210-1275, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Hannam University, 133 Ojeong-dong, Daeduk-gu, 306-791, Daejeon, Korea

    Rosslin John Robles

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Yoon, H.W., Lim, JH. (2011). An fMRI Study of Reading Different Word Form. In: Kim, Th., Adeli, H., Robles, R.J., Balitanas, M. (eds) Advanced Communication and Networking. ACN 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 199. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23312-8_29

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