%0 Journal Article %1 Paulesu2000 %A Paulesu, E. %A McCrory, E. %A Fazio, F. %A Menoncello, L. %A Brunswick, N. %A Cappa, S. F. %A Cotelli, M. %A Cossu, G. %A Corte, F. %A Lorusso, M. %A Pesenti, S. %A Gallagher, A. %A Perani, D. %A Price, C. %A Frith, C. D. %A Frith, U. %D 2000 %J Nature Neuroscience %K Adult; Brain Culture; Emission-Computed England; Frontal Gov't; Humans; Italy; Linguistics; Lobe; Mapping; Non-U.S. Photic Reaction Reading; Research Speech; Stimulation; Support, Temporal Time; Tomography, %P 91--96 %R 10.1038/71163 %T A cultural effect on brain function. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/71163 %V 3 %X We present behavioral and anatomical evidence for a multi-component reading system in which different components are differentially weighted depending on culture-specific demands of orthography. Italian orthography is consistent, enabling reliable conversion of graphemes to phonemes to yield correct pronunciation of the word. English orthography is inconsistent, complicating mapping of letters to word sounds. In behavioral studies, Italian students showed faster word and non-word reading than English students. In two PET studies, Italians showed greater activation in left superior temporal regions associated with phoneme processing. In contrast, English readers showed greater activations, particularly for non-words, in left posterior inferior temporal gyrus and anterior inferior frontal gyrus, areas associated with word retrieval during both reading and naming tasks.

@article{Paulesu2000, abstract = {We present behavioral and anatomical evidence for a multi-component reading system in which different components are differentially weighted depending on culture-specific demands of orthography. Italian orthography is consistent, enabling reliable conversion of graphemes to phonemes to yield correct pronunciation of the word. English orthography is inconsistent, complicating mapping of letters to word sounds. In behavioral studies, Italian students showed faster word and non-word reading than English students. In two PET studies, Italians showed greater activation in left superior temporal regions associated with phoneme processing. In contrast, English readers showed greater activations, particularly for non-words, in left posterior inferior temporal gyrus and anterior inferior frontal gyrus, areas associated with word retrieval during both reading and naming tasks.}, added-at = {2007-12-16T20:00:22.000+0100}, author = {Paulesu, E. and McCrory, E. and Fazio, F. and Menoncello, L. and Brunswick, N. and Cappa, S. F. and Cotelli, M. and Cossu, G. and Corte, F. and Lorusso, M. and Pesenti, S. and Gallagher, A. and Perani, D. and Price, C. and Frith, C. D. and Frith, U.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2da374209ea85dff5191e9c776c22cd37/perceptron}, doi = {10.1038/71163}, interhash = {7d62daeef4d4915af109ffaff12393e0}, intrahash = {da374209ea85dff5191e9c776c22cd37}, journal = {Nature Neuroscience}, keywords = {Adult; Brain Culture; Emission-Computed England; Frontal Gov't; Humans; Italy; Linguistics; Lobe; Mapping; Non-U.S. Photic Reaction Reading; Research Speech; Stimulation; Support, Temporal Time; Tomography,}, pages = {91--96}, pmid = {10607401}, timestamp = {2007-12-16T20:00:26.000+0100}, title = {A cultural effect on brain function.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/71163}, volume = 3, year = 2000 }