ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2024
Rethinking cortical recycling in ventral temporal cortex.
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- Anatomy of the Visual Word Form Area in Dyslexia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Active vision is linked to category selectivity in the individual brain.Nature human behaviour · 2026Article
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- Literacy acquisition and functional connectivity drive the emergence and continued development of the VWFA.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Visual Word Form Area demonstrates individual and task-agnostic consistency but inter-individual variability.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Dense longitudinal neuroimaging reveals individual brain change trajectories.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026Review
- The Emergence of Topography and Hemispheric Lateralization in High-Level Vision.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2026Review
- When artificial intelligence speaks: psychologically adverse effects of the shift from text- to voice-based chatbots.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2026Article
- Early face deprivation leads to long-lasting deficits in cortical face processing.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Neuroscientific Framework of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Mental Health Across Diverse Cultural Populations: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Delivery Methods, and Engagement.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Review
- Mirror invariance dies hard during letter processing by dyslexic college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Protracted development of gaze behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- Individual variation in the functional lateralization of human ventral temporal cortex: Local competition and long-range coupling.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Long-term memory plasticity in a decade-long connectivity study post anterior temporal lobe resection.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Individual variation in the functional lateralization of human ventral temporal cortex: Local competition and long-range coupling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Hemispheric dominance in reading system alters contribution to face processing lateralization across development.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Article
- Unique longitudinal contributions of sulcal interruptions to reading acquisition in children.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal development of category representations in ventral temporal cortex predicts word and face recognition.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
High-level visual areas in ventral temporal cortex (VTC) support recognition of important categories, such as faces and words. Word-selective regions are left lateralized and emerge at the onset of reading instruction. Face-selective regions are right lateralized and have been documented in infancy. Prevailing theories suggest that face-selective regions become right lateralized due to competition with word-selective regions in the left hemisphere. However, recent longitudinal studies examining face- and word-selective responses in childhood do not provide support for this theory. Instead, there is evidence that word representations recycle cortex previously involved in processing other stimuli, such as limbs. These findings call for more longitudinal investigations of cortical recycling and a new era of work that links visual experience and behavior with neural responses.
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