Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Hippocampal contributions to reading processes

Abstract The cortical substrates of typical reading have been extensively investigated. However, the functional contributions of subcortical regions to reading remain poorly understood and are largely absent from current neuroanatomical models. In the present fMRI study, we analy...

How do different phonics programs support word decoding? Insights from computational analyses

Abstract Phonics instruction involves teaching grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs) and is widely recognized as an effective method of reading instruction. We examined what GPCs phonics programs teach, how those GPCs support a child’s ability to pronounce written words to unde...

Salience Network Dynamics Across Spontaneous Attacks, Interictal Rest and Interictal Pain Imagery in Menstrually Related Migraine

The persistent sensitivity to sensory and painful stimuli of people with migraine has been associated with disruption of the salience network (SN). Although migraine is characterized by severe head pain attacks, brain changes have been observed in people with migraine in between...

When Plain Language Deceives: Frequent but Generic Words and Misleading Sentence Simplicity in a Mobile Phone Advertisement—An Eye‐Tracking and Decision‐Task Study

ABSTRACT This study investigates how plain and apparently simple language can mislead readers in online advertising. Using eye‐tracking and a forced‐choice task, we compared an original smartphone advertisement with a revised version. The revision replaced frequent and generic wo...