ArticleNature communications2025
The balance between stability and plasticity of the visual word form area in dyslexia.
Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Anatomy of the Visual Word Form Area in Dyslexia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Active vision is linked to category selectivity in the individual brain.Nature human behaviour · 2026Article
- Visual Word Form Area demonstrates individual and task-agnostic consistency but inter-individual variability.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Sulcal anatomy of ventral temporal cortex and reading development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- From adolescence to adulthood: functional fingerprints of high-level visual cortex reveal differential development of visuospatial processing.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Understanding the balance between plastic and persistent traits in the dyslexic brain is critical for developing effective interventions. This longitudinal intervention study examines the Visual Word Form Area in dyslexic and typical readers, exploring how this key component of the brain's reading circuitry changes with learning. We find that children with dyslexia show significant differences in Visual Word Form Area presence, size, and tuning properties compared to typical readers. While reading intervention improves reading skills and increases Visual Word Form Area size, disparities persist a year later, suggesting that Visual Word Form Area abnormalities are enduring traits of dyslexia. Our results reveal long-term neural and behavioral changes, while also elucidating stable differences in the functional architecture of the dyslexic brain. This work provides comprehensive insights into the potential and limitations of short-term learning-induced plasticity in human visual cortex.
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