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  • Skilled reading involves years of practice linking visual symbols to speech sounds, becoming automatic over time.
  • The automaticity of spoken-language circuit activation in response to visual words is key to understanding skilled reading development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether automatic activation of spoken-language circuits is a characteristic of skilled reading in children.
  • To determine if this automatic response correlates with individual reading proficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was employed to measure brain activity.
  • Word-selective neural responses were recorded in 42 children (ages 7-12) during various cognitive tasks, including an attention-demanding fixation task.

Main Results:

  • Strong, automatic word-selective responses were observed in the superior temporal gyrus approximately 300 ms after word presentation.
  • The magnitude of these automatic responses significantly correlated with individual levels of reading skill.

Conclusions:

  • Automatic recruitment of spoken-language circuits is a hallmark of skilled reading.
  • With increased practice, the brain efficiently translates visual text into auditory information and meaning, signifying reading mastery.