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Resting-State Functional Connectivity Patterns Predict Chinese Word Reading Competency

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  • Xiaosha Wang
  • Zaizhu Han
  • Yong He
  • Li Liu
  • Yanchao Bi

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Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) offers a novel approach to reveal the temporal synchronization of functionally related brain regions. Recent studies have identified several RSFCs whose strength was associated with reading competence in alphabetic languages. In the present study, we examined the role of intrinsic functional relations for reading a non-alphabetic language – Chinese – by correlating RSFC maps of nine Chinese reading-related seed regions and reaction time in the single-character reading task. We found that Chinese reading efficiency was positively correlated with the connection between left inferior occipital gyrus and left superior parietal lobule, between right posterior fusiform gyrus and right superior parietal lobule, and between left inferior temporal gyrus and left inferior parietal lobule. These results could not be attributed to inter-individual differences arising from the peripheral processes of the reading task such as visual input detection and articulation. The observed RSFC-reading correlation relationships are discussed in the framework of Chinese character reading, including visuospatial analyses and semantic/phonological processes.

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  • Xiaosha Wang & Zaizhu Han & Yong He & Li Liu & Yanchao Bi, 2012. "Resting-State Functional Connectivity Patterns Predict Chinese Word Reading Competency," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(9), pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0044848
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044848
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