title: Brain dynamics of Arabic reading: a magnetoencephalographic study.
abstract: Arabic writing differs greatly from western scripts. To evaluate the influence of written Arabic on the pattern of language-related brain activation, a group of native Arab speakers and a control group of native Spanish speakers were scanned with magnetoencephalography during a reading task. In both groups, brain activity was strongly left lateralized during the time window between 200 and 500 ms after stimulus onset. During late latencies (beyond 500 ms), however, the right and the left hemispheres reached a similar activation level in the Arabic but not in the Spanish group. This suggests a time-dependent role of both hemispheres during Arabic language reading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
authors.forename: Firas
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al-Hamouri
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maestú
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Del Río
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capilla
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Marqués
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors