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Jie Chen1, Yinan Wei2, Ningxin Zhao3

  • 1Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China.

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Dorsal pathwayLongitudinal studyMorphological awarenessOrthographic knowledgeReading fluencySchool-age childrenVentral pathway

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