Despite the similarity in structure, the hemispheres of the human brain have somewhat
different functions. A traditional view of hemispheric organization asserts that there are …

Asymmetry characterizes the brain in both structure and function. Anatomical asymmetries
explain only a fraction of functional variability in lateralization, with structural and functional …

What determines the functional organization of cortex? One hypothesis is that innate
connectivity patterns, either structural or functional connectivity, set up a scaffold upon which …

The visual word form area (VWFA) is a region of human inferotemporal cortex that emerges
at a fixed location in the occipitotemporal cortex during reading acquisition and …

Are the brain mechanisms of reading acquisition similar across writing systems? And do
similar brain anomalies underlie reading difficulties in alphabetic and ideographic reading …

The prenatal and neonatal periods are two of the most important developmental stages of
the human brain. It is therefore crucial to understand normal brain development and how …

Although words and faces activate neighboring regions in the fusiform gyrus, we lack an
understanding of how such category selectivity emerges during development. To investigate …

Perceptual awareness in infants during the first year of life is understudied, despite the
philosophical, scientific, and clinical importance of understanding how and when …

The neural basis of reading is highly consistent across many languages and scripts. Are
there alternative neural routes to reading? How does the sensory modality of symbols …

In the field of bilingualism, researchers have proposed an assimilation hypothesis that posits
that bilinguals apply the neural network of their native language to process their second …