Psychology 2134A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Grey Matter, Premotor Cortex, Phoneme

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Sarah Smits- Bandstra

Document Summary

Logogram: a written symbol that represents a word or morpheme. Syllabary: a writing system that represents each syllable with a different symbol. Alphabet: a writing system that represents each phoneme with a different symbol. Orthography: the set of rules for writing the words of a language. Shallow orthography: the situation in which spelling and pronunciation are closely matched. A language that is easy to learn to write and read in. Deep orthography: the situation in which spelling and pronunciation are poorly matched. Complex writing rules riddled with exceptions like french and english. Homophones: words with the same pronunciation but different meanings. Homographs: words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Visual word form area: a region between the occipital and temporal loves where the symbols of the writing system are stored, regardless of language or the type of script.