Contributions of the multiple demand network to emergent and skilled reading.

ABSTRACT: Reading is an acquired skill that must engage brain networks initially evolved for other functions, integrating visual, language, and executive systems. However, it is still unclear how evolutionary-defined brain networks are leveraged to scaffold reading skills. Here, we focus on emergent reading in an artificial alphabetic writing system - a process that is heavily based on phonological decoding. We examine whether such emergent reading co-opts portions of the language and multiple demand (MD) networks, and whether it activates constituents of a network associated with skilled reading. Adult participants (n = 32) completed training in the artificial alphabet and ten reading sessions over the course of several weeks. After that, participants' brain activity was recorded with the fMRI as t

SUBMITTER: Chrabaszcz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12219379 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature