We are pleased to announce the latest article published by Chotiga Pattamadilok (LPL) , Shuai Wang (LPL, ILCB) , Deirdre Bolger (ILCB) and Anne-Sophie Dubarry (CRPN). This study was carried out using the EGI recording system of the Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL):

Reference: Chotiga Pattamadilok, Shuai Wang, Deirdre Bolger, Anne-Sophie Dubarry. Learning to read transforms phonological into phonographic representations. Scientific Reports, 2025, 15, ⟨10.1038/s41598-025-88650-9⟩.

Full-text article: https://hal.science/hal-04975350v1

Abstract:
The ability to understand speech in one's native language is considered universal. This assumption implies that literate and illiterate people recognize spoken words in the same way. Our study provides new neurophysiological evidence against this assertion, showing that the speech representations stored in the “phonological” lexicon of literate people are contaminated by orthographic features. This observation calls into question the universality of spoken word recognition models that have been built exclusively on the basis of results obtained from literate participants.

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2) EGI system / LPL