WORHD

Written language processing in Hearing and Deaf

 Coordinatore CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE 

 Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7
city: ROMA
postcode: 185

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Isabella
Cognome: Vitali
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 06 44595323

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Italy [IT]
 Totale costo 45˙000 €
 EC contributo 45˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG
 Funding Scheme MC-ERG
 Anno di inizio 2008
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2008-10-01   -   2011-09-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

 Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7
city: ROMA
postcode: 185

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Isabella
Cognome: Vitali
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 06 44595323

IT (ROMA) coordinator 11˙250.00
2    OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO BAMBINO GESU

 Organization address address: PIAZZA SAN ONOFRIO 4
city: ROMA
postcode: 165

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Sonya Jane
Cognome: Martin
Email: send email
Telefono: 390669000000
Fax: 390669000000

IT (ROMA) participant 33˙750.00

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visual    al    impact    language    written    worhd    words    imaging    phonological    recognition    decision    functional    vwfa    issue    activation    temporal    phonology    lexical    auditory    et    brain    deprivation    regions    word   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'An issue dominating the current debate in the field of written language processing concerns the existence of brain areas dedicated to the visual perception of words. Cohen et al. (2002) suggested that such visual specialization occurs in occipito-temporal region of the left hemisphere, namely at the ‘Visual Word Form Area’ (VWFA). Using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and presenting words and anagrams for a lexical decision task, Pammer et al. (2004) showed that the activation of the VWFA was temporally preceded by activity in the posterior superior IFG. Such findings question the functional role of the VWFA as exclusively in the visual domain and suggest early top-down influences of frontal areas on fusiform gyrus. A way to further investigate these issue, and in particular the impact of phonology on visual recognition would be to investigate the temporal activation of the brain regions responsible for phonological and visual processing when phonology is impaired but visual recognition is intact, as in deaf readers. WoRHD is an exploration of the impact of auditory deprivation on the cortical network involved in word recognition. Such investigation will show the overall impact of deafness on written language processing, by looking at similarities and differences between neural networks recruited by participants with and without auditory deprivation in a lexical decision task. Specifically, participants with auditory deprivation are prevented forming phonological representations of words and letters, which might affect the functioning of brain areas typically associated with phonological processing and/or their interaction with other regions of the brain. WoRHD integrates in a multimodal approach classical cognitive experimental paradigm with brain imaging techniques such functional MRI, Electroencephalography and Diffusion Tensor Imaging.'

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