Visual Word Form Area demonstrates individual and task-agnostic consistency but inter-individual variability.

ABSTRACT: Ventral Occipital Temporal Cortex (VOTC) is home to a mosaic of categorically-selective functional regions that respond to visual stimuli. Within left VOTC lies the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) - a text-selective region that develops as an individual learns to read. While there is consistency in the general location of text-selective responses - within the posterior portion of the occipitotemporal sulcus (OTS) - there is also substantial variability across individuals in the size and precise anatomical location. Moreover, there is an ongoing debate over the extent to which the VWFA a) encodes the visual features of text, versus b) is driven by the task of reading. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we scanned adults and children as they completed two tasks while viewing text, pse

SUBMITTER: Mitchell JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12330508 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature