Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Effect of practice on reading performance and brain function.

Deborah L Kerr1, Debra A Gusnard, Abraham Z Snyder

  • 1Department of Radiology, Campus Box 8225, 4525 Scott Street, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Neuroreport
|April 20, 2004
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Brain activity is not only for thinking.

Current opinion in behavioral sciences·2026
Same author

Brain resting state functional connectivity changes with aerobic exercise, and mindfulness: A narrative review.

Sports medicine and health science·2026
Same author

Task-evoked deactivations: dissociation between BOLD fMRI and FDG.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2026
Same author

Parallel processing chains span cytoarchitectures to organize association cortex.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2026
Same author

Kinetic Modeling of a Novel Putative Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 1 (S1PR1) Radiotracer [<sup>18</sup>F]TZ82112 in Nonhuman Primates.

Journal of neurochemistry·2026
Same author

The Dose-Dependent Relationship of the Medial Temporal Network, Parietal Memory Network, and Visual Network on Episodic Memory Decline Following Chemoradiation Therapy in Patients With Diffuse Gliomas.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics·2026
Same journal

Electroacupuncture alleviates neuroinflammation and promotes recovery of neurological functions after intracerebral hemorrhage by modulating α7nAChR/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway.

Neuroreport·2026
Same journal

Non-cell-autonomous regulation of Bhlhb5 expression in cortical projection neurons by GABAergic interneuron development and position.

Neuroreport·2026
Same journal

C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 mediates inflammatory response via NLRP3 inflammasome and neuron damage after traumatic brain injury.

Neuroreport·2026
Same journal

Methyltransferase-like 14 alleviates neuronal ferroptosis in Alzheimer's disease by regulating the peroxiredoxin 6/apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 signaling pathway.

Neuroreport·2026
Same journal

Hand mental rotation reaction time reflects motor imagery strategy and predicts changes in finger dexterity after motor imagery.

Neuroreport·2026
Same journal

Functional exploration of metabotropic glycine receptors in cultured rat hippocampal slices.

Neuroreport·2026
See all related articles

Skilled word reading shows no performance or brain activity changes with practice. However, prolonged practice significantly impacts verb generation, unlike reading, offering new insights into cognitive tasks.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Word reading is often considered a highly over-learned skill.
  • Over-learned tasks are hypothesized to be resistant to practice effects on performance and neural correlates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of practice on word reading performance and associated brain activity.
  • To compare practice effects in word reading with those in a related cognitive task, verb generation.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and voice onset latency reaction times to assess skilled readers.
  • A third experiment examined behavioral changes in verb generation following short-term and long-term practice, using noun reading as a control.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Neither word reading performance nor brain activity showed significant changes after repeated reading within a single session.
  • Prolonged practice (15 days) demonstrated significant behavioral effects on the verb generation task, but not on noun reading.

Conclusions:

  • The hypothesis that word reading is immune to practice effects is supported by the lack of change in performance and brain activity.
  • Significant practice effects in verb generation, contrasted with word reading, suggest distinct neural mechanisms and learning trajectories for these tasks.