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Background:

  • The orthographic depth hypothesis suggests reading route selection depends on grapheme-phoneme consistency.
  • Shallow orthographies (consistent) favor non-lexical pathways; deep orthographies (inconsistent) favor lexical pathways.
  • Empirical support for this hypothesis is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of orthographic depth on reading route selection.
  • To test the orthographic depth hypothesis using a within-subject design.

Main Methods:

  • Highly proficient bilinguals read pseudowords embedded in German (shallow) or French (deep) language contexts.
  • High-density electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded during the reading task.

Main Results:

  • Event-related potentials (ERPs) showed distinct topographies for identical pseudowords read in shallow versus deep contexts (300-360 ms post-stimulus).
  • Brain source analysis identified differential engagement of left inferior frontal (German > French), parietal (French > German), and cingular areas (German > French).

Conclusions:

  • Reading in a shallow context enhances engagement of frontal phonological areas, supporting non-lexical processing.
  • Reading in a deep context recruits parietal visuo-attentional areas, indicating less routine non-lexical pathway use.
  • Findings support the modulation of reading routes by orthographic depth.