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In this issue of Neuron, Glezer et al. find higher sensitivity to changes in real words than pseudowords in the left visual word form area (VWFA). Here we discuss the implications of their findings and the constraints they impose on neural coding in the lVWFA.
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Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. kalanit@stanford.edu
Witthoft
Nathan
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D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics