ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Selective visual representation of letters and words in the left ventral occipito-temporal cortex with intracerebral recordings.
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Abstract
We report a comprehensive cartography of selective responses to visual letters and words in the human ventral occipito-temporal cortex (VOTC) with direct neural recordings, clarifying key aspects of the neural basis of reading. Intracerebral recordings were performed in a large group of patients (
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