title: Towards a universal neurobiological architecture for learning to read.
abstract: Letter-position tolerance varies across languages. This observation suggests that the neural code for letter strings may also be subtly different. Although language-specific models remain useful, we should endeavor to develop a universal model of reading acquisition which incorporates crucial neurobiological constraints. Such a model, through a progressive internalization of phonological and lexical regularities, could perhaps converge onto the language-specific properties outlined by Frost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychophysiology, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, 31120 Kraków, Poland. mfszwed@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szwed
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vinckier
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Stanislas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehaene
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics