Behavioral studies showed that orthographic code is initially transferred to phonological code in reading of low-frequency words, but not high-frequency words. Neuroimaging studies further suggest that the inferior frontal cortex and left superior temporal cortex might be responsible for this process. However, only very few similar neuroimaging studies have been conducted on Chinese word processing. The present study was aimed to explore the neural correlates recruited in phonological processing of the Chinese words by fMRI.
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