Milena Menghini's research while affiliated with University of Zurich and other places

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The Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) is a key region of the brain’s reading network and its activation has been shown to be strongly associated with reading skills. Here, for the first time, we investigated whether voluntary regulation of VWFA activation is feasible using real-time fMRI neurofeedback. 40 adults with typical reading skills were instruct...
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The Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) is a key region of the brain's reading network and its activation has been shown to be strongly associated with reading skills. Here, for the first time, we investigated whether voluntary regulation of VWFA activity is feasible using real-time fMRI neurofeedback. 40 adults with typical reading skills were instructed...

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... Interestingly, the VOTC includes the VWFA, a key structure in visual word processing [137,165]. The activation of VWFA is closely related to good reading skills [166,167]. Its anterior portions have been proven to be involved in lexical processing [139]. ...