Gene-environment interaction on neural mechanisms of orthographic processing in Chinese children.

ABSTRACT: The ability to process and identify visual words requires efficient orthographic processing of print, consisting of letters in alphabetic languages or characters in Chinese. The N170 is a robust neural marker for orthographic processes. Both genetic and environmental factors, such as home literacy, have been shown to influence orthographic processing at the behavioral level, but their relative contributions and interactions are not well understood. The present study aimed to reveal possible gene-by-environment interactions on orthographic processing at the behavioral and neural level in a normal children sample. Sixty 12 year old Chinese children from a 10-year longitudinal sample underwent an implicit visual-word color decision task on real words and stroke combinations. The ERP analysis

SUBMITTER: Su M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4539967 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature