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Ovid J L Tzeng1, Chia Ying Lee2, Jun Ren Lee3
1National Chiao Tung University, Taipei Medical University, and National Taiwan Normal University.
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
|December 16, 2017
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Using the Chinese writing system, which is unique with respect to the composition of each character in terms of its graphic shape, as an example, this chapter addresses the neurobiological underpinnings of reading and writing and how these brain circuits are used in different languages.
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