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100 1 |a Katsuse, Kazuto  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
245 1 |a Spatiotemporal dynamics of reading Kana (syllabograms) and Kanji (morphograms) 
260 |b Elsevier Limited  |c Aug 15, 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a Reading engages complex neural networks integrating visual, phonological, and semantic information. The dual-stream model posits ventral and dorsal pathways for lexical and sublexical processing in the left hemisphere and is well-supported in alphabetic languages. However, its applicability to non-alphabetic scripts remains unclear. The Japanese writing system, comprising Kana (syllabograms) and Kanji (morphograms) with distinct orthographic, phonological, and semantic properties, provides a unique framework to investigate neural dissociation between phonological and orthographic-semantic processing. Previous studies suggest that Kanji relies on the ventral route for whole-word recognition and semantic processing, whereas Kana depends mainly on the dorsal route for phonological decoding via grapheme-to-phoneme conversion; however, their spatiotemporal dynamics remain unknown. Using high-gamma power analysis from electrocorticography recordings in 14 patients with epilepsy and subdural implants, we examined the spatiotemporal neural dynamics of Kana and Kanji reading. Participants completed a visual lexical decision task with Kana and Kanji words and pseudowords. Across 912 electrodes, differential high-gamma power analysis showed that Kanji activated bilateral occipitotemporal fusiform regions early (120–550 ms) and the left inferior temporal gyrus (150–240 ms). Conversely, Kana showed prolonged late activation (270–750 ms) in the left-lateralised superior temporal, supramarginal, and inferior frontal gyri, especially during pseudoword processing. These findings indicate that Kanji relies on bilateral ventral stream earlier, while Kana depends on the left dorsal stream, with slower processing reflecting the extra grapheme-to-phoneme conversion. This underscores the value of non-alphabetic languages in elucidating both universal and script-specific neural mechanisms, advancing a cross-linguistic understanding of the reading network. 
653 |a Reading comprehension 
653 |a Nonwords 
653 |a Neuroimaging 
653 |a Electrodes 
653 |a Lexical processing 
653 |a Pattern recognition 
653 |a Neural networks 
653 |a Phonemes 
653 |a Mental task performance 
653 |a Synesthesia 
653 |a Medical imaging 
653 |a Phonology 
653 |a Lexical decision task 
653 |a Hemispheric laterality 
653 |a Japanese language 
653 |a Letter recognition 
653 |a Syllabaries 
653 |a Phonological processing 
653 |a Word recognition 
653 |a Semantic processing 
653 |a Epilepsy 
653 |a Information processing 
653 |a Patients 
653 |a Grapheme phoneme correspondence 
653 |a Writing systems 
653 |a Temporal gyrus 
653 |a Decision making 
653 |a Semantics 
653 |a Decoding 
653 |a Implants 
653 |a Property 
653 |a Conversion 
653 |a Scripts 
653 |a Dissociation 
653 |a Power structure 
653 |a Writing 
653 |a Languages 
653 |a Kanji 
653 |a Phonetics 
653 |a Time 
700 1 |a Kakinuma, Kazuo  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Osawa, Shin-Ichiro  |u Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Ota, Shoko  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Kikuchi, Hana  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Kawamura, Ai  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Ukishiro, Kazushi  |u Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Tanji, Kazuyo  |u Department of Psychiatry, Koishikawa Tokyo Hospital, Japan 
700 1 |a Kawakami, Nobuko  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Iseki, Chifumi  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Kanno, Shigenori  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Shirota, Yuichiro  |u Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan 
700 1 |a Hamada, Masashi  |u Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan 
700 1 |a Toda, Tatsushi  |u Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan 
700 1 |a Endo, Hidenori  |u Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Nakasato, Nobukazu  |u Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
700 1 |a Suzuki, Kyoko  |u Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 
773 0 |t NeuroImage  |g vol. 317 (Aug 15, 2025) 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t Health & Medical Collection 
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