Greater print exposure is associated with enhanced neural alignment between readers in semantic regions during narrative reading¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? During narrative reading, dissimilarity in print exposure positively predicted variability in neural dynamics in semantic regions including bilateral anterior MTG and right posterior MTG. → Song 2025

Evidence¶

Song 2025¶

Song, M., Li, L., He, D. & Cai, Q. (2025). Reading experience reveals shared and idiosyncratic neural patterns during text comprehension. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00390-7

q2 · i? · associational · r2

AnnaK model IS-RSA analysis of fMRI data from 39 participants reading two narratives, correlating a neural RDM with a print-exposure predicted RDM after regressing out education, across 153 ROIs with FDR correction (q < .05). The article reports "positively predicted variability in neural dynamics" in these semantic regions.

"During narrative reading, the dissimilarity in exposure positively predicted variability in neural dynamics in the right medial frontal gyrus (MFG), anterior regions of bilateral middle temporal gyrus (aMTG), as well as the right posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Home Learning Environment — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Shared topic distributions of reading experience predict shared neural activity in DMN regions during narrative reading, but only among high-exposure readers — related
• Higher print exposure is associated with more idiosyncratic neural patterns during expository reading, primarily in frontoparietal control network regions — related