Rhonda B. Friedman

Meaning for reading pseudowords: errors reveal semantic influences on pseudoword reading after stroke

This study investigates how semantic and phonological processes contribute to pseudoword reading deficits in stroke patients, finding that both error types are influenced by distinct cognitive and neural mechanisms.

Dissecting the sublexical route for reading: Frontal and parietal networks support learned orthography-to-phonology mappings

This study identifies neural networks involved in sublexical reading by analyzing lesion patterns in stroke patients, showing distinct roles for frontal and parietal regions in orthography-to-phonology mapping.

Meaning for reading: The neurocognitive basis of semantic reading impairment after stroke

This study investigates semantic reading deficits after stroke, finding that impaired integration of semantic and phonological representations, particularly in the left posterior superior temporal sulcus, underlies these deficits.