Hemispheric dominance in reading system alters contribution to face processing lateralization across development.

ABSTRACT: Face processing dominates the right hemisphere. This lateralization can be affected by co-lateralization within the same system and influence between different systems, such as neural competition from reading acquisition. Yet, how the relationship pattern changes through development remains unknown. This study examined the lateralization of core face processing and word processing in different age groups. By comparing fMRI data from 36 school-aged children and 40 young adults, we investigated whether there are age and regional effects on lateralization, and how relationships between lateralization within and between systems change across development. Our results showed significant right hemispheric lateralization in the core face system and left hemispheric lateralization in reading-relate

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331717 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature