title: Neural substrates of sensorimotor processes: letter writing and letter perception.
abstract: Writing and perceiving letters are thought to share similar neural substrates; however, what constitutes a neural representation for letters is currently debated. One hypothesis is that letter representation develops from sensorimotor experience resulting in an integrated set of modality-specific regions, whereas an alternative account suggests that letter representations may be abstract, independent of modality. Studies reviewed suggest that letter representation consists of a network of modality-responsive brain regions that may include an abstract component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana svincibo@indiana.edu.
authors.forename: Sophia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Vinci-Booher
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
authors.forename: Karin H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011932:Reading; D066191:Sensorimotor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: handwriting; letter perception; neural representations; sensorimotor processing