An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading
In examining the influence of English dyslexia and its associated phonological deficits on Chinese reading in English-Chinese biliterates, functional neuroimaging and reading performance data from 12 English-Chinese biliterate adults with English dyslexia and 12 typically reading English-Chinese bi...
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Nanyang Technological University
2021
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| author | Liow, Jia Jie |
| author2 | Annabel Chen Shen-Hsing |
| author_facet | Annabel Chen Shen-Hsing Liow, Jia Jie |
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| description | In examining the influence of English dyslexia and its associated phonological deficits on Chinese reading in English-Chinese biliterates, functional neuroimaging and reading performance data from 12 English-Chinese biliterate adults with English dyslexia and 12 typically reading English-Chinese biliterate adults were analysed and compared. At a functional neuroanatomical level, the adults with English dyslexia were, relative to the typically reading adults, observed to exhibit a functional overactivation in the left middle frontal gyrus and regions along the dorsal route of the left hemisphere reading network when reading Chinese. It is postulated that the heightened engagement of these areas were initiated to compensate for the readers’ phonological deficits and the higher demands imposed on the integrated processing of phonological, orthographical and semantic information when reading Chinese. At the behavioural level, the adults with English dyslexia were, relative to typically reading adults, observed to exhibit a greater dysfunction in English reading than in Chinese reading. Taken together, these findings suggest that whilst individuals with English dyslexia should not be expected to fully circumvent their phonological deficits when reading Chinese, these deficits likely do not manifest the same degree of dysfunction in Chinese reading as it does in English. Implications of the findings and future directions are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1502632023-03-05T15:41:52Z An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading Liow, Jia Jie Annabel Chen Shen-Hsing School of Social Sciences AnnabelChen@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology In examining the influence of English dyslexia and its associated phonological deficits on Chinese reading in English-Chinese biliterates, functional neuroimaging and reading performance data from 12 English-Chinese biliterate adults with English dyslexia and 12 typically reading English-Chinese biliterate adults were analysed and compared. At a functional neuroanatomical level, the adults with English dyslexia were, relative to the typically reading adults, observed to exhibit a functional overactivation in the left middle frontal gyrus and regions along the dorsal route of the left hemisphere reading network when reading Chinese. It is postulated that the heightened engagement of these areas were initiated to compensate for the readers’ phonological deficits and the higher demands imposed on the integrated processing of phonological, orthographical and semantic information when reading Chinese. At the behavioural level, the adults with English dyslexia were, relative to typically reading adults, observed to exhibit a greater dysfunction in English reading than in Chinese reading. Taken together, these findings suggest that whilst individuals with English dyslexia should not be expected to fully circumvent their phonological deficits when reading Chinese, these deficits likely do not manifest the same degree of dysfunction in Chinese reading as it does in English. Implications of the findings and future directions are discussed. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 2021-06-13T08:12:52Z 2021-06-13T08:12:52Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Liow, J. J. (2021). An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150263 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150263 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Liow, Jia Jie An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title | An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title_full | An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title_fullStr | An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title_full_unstemmed | An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title_short | An examination of the influence of English dyslexia on Chinese reading |
| title_sort | examination of the influence of english dyslexia on chinese reading |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology |
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