Single and compound logographic Kanji words elicit distinct early neurophysiological responses: ERP evidence from fluent and naïve Kanji readers

Sequential Congruency Effects of Reverse Stroop Interference on Event-Related Potential Components for Go- and Nogo-Stimuli

“…A previous study using the flanker task also demonstrated identical results, suggesting the inhibition of processing for the surrounding irrelevant non-targets (Suzuki and Shinoda, 2015 ). In addition, N1 amplitudes were larger in fluent Kanji readers compared with naïve Kanji readers (Niermeyer et al, 2018 ). Enhancement of N1 has been reported for color-discrimination tasks compared with simple reaction tasks (Vogel and Luck, 2000 ; Hopf et al, 2002 ), suggesting that attending to Kanji characters and the color is associated with the N1.…”

Sequential Congruency Effects of Reverse Stroop Interference On Event-Related Potential Components For Go- and Nogo-Stimuli

“…A previous study using the anker task also demonstrated identical results, suggesting the inhibition of processing for the surrounding irrelevant non-targets 27 . Moreover, N1 amplitudes were larger in uent Kanji readers compared to naïve Kanji readers 28 . Enhancement of N1 has been reported for color-discrimination tasks compared to simple reaction tasks 29,30 suggesting that attending to Kanji characters and the color is associated with the N1.…”

Hemispheric lateralization in visual word processing : evidence from ERP

“…The N170 literature has been highly inconsistent in the reporting of cross-linguistic laterality differences, as well as amplitude differences among words, pseudowords, and consonant strings within the same script. Although a larger number of N170 studies concurred with the fMRI literature in finding bilateral or right-lateralized N170 activity for logographic scripts (Chen, Bukach, & Wong, 2013;Liu & Perfetti, 2003;Wang & Maurer, 2017;Zhang et al, 2011;Niermeyer et al, 2018), reports of left-lateralized N170 activity for logographic reading are not uncommon (Lin et al, 2011;Qin, Maurits, & Maassen, 2016;Wong et al, 2005;Maurer, Zevin, & McCandliss, 2008). Similarly, among studies that compared N170 activation for words, pseudowords, and consonant strings within the same script, some reported enhanced N170 activation for pseudowords than for words, but others failed to observe a difference, or even reported the reverse (reviewed in .…”

“…These cross-linguistic differences were summarized in several fMRI metaanalyses which concluded that the reading of non-alphabetic scripts engages the right homologue of the VWFA to a larger extent, compared to the reading of alphabetic scripts (Bolger et al, 2005;Tan et al, 2005;Wu, Ho, & Chen, 2012). Similarly, in ERP studies, left-lateralized N170 activity is also less consistently reported for the reading of non-alphabetic than alphabetic scripts (Chen, Bukach, & Wong, 2013;Liu & Perfetti, 2003;Wang & Maurer, 2017;Zhang et al, 2011;Niermeyer et al, 2018). More recently, the laterality differences were argued to be attributed to differences in visual processing demands (the Visuoperceptual Account, Hsiao & Cottrell, 2009, Hsiao & Lam, 2013Koyama, Stein, Stoodley, and Hansen, 2014;Liu & Perfetti, 2003;Mo, Yu, Seger, & Mo., 2015;Tan et al, 2000) or phonological mapping rules across languages (the Phonological Mapping Account, McCandliss & Noble, 2003;Maurer & McCandliss, 2007; see also Dietz, Jones, Gareau, Zeffiro, & Eden, 2005), respectively in the literature.…”