Picturing words? Sensorimotor cortex activation for printed words in child and adult readers

Highlights • We tested how picture-like responses to printed words develop in the child cortex.• Tool versus animal pictures and their names engaged similar brain areas in adults.• The 7–10 year-old sensorimotor cortex showed specialization for picture categories.• But names evoked no similar BOLD patterns despite good reading in older children.• So, automatic picturing of words’ sensorimotor meanings takes years to develop.

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