视觉词形加工是阅读机制中的重要环节。功能神经影像学和事件相关电位(ERPs)等研究手段的发展和应用及纯失读患者神经心理学的研究,加深了人们对视觉词形加工神经结构基础的认识,虽然仍存在争议,近几年提出了视觉词形加工区(VWFA)的概念,并认为是视觉词形加工的特化神经功能模块,且对该区的神经解剖定位和功能特性也作了较为系统地阐述,为深入认识人类阅读机制提供了重要基础。 Visual word processing is an important part of the reading mechanism. The development and application of research tools such as functional neuroimaging and event-related potentials (ERPs) and the study of neuropsychology in purely ill patients deepen people’s understanding of the neural structure basis of visual word processing. Although there is still controversy, In this paper, the concept of VWFA is proposed and considered as a special neurological function module of visual word processing. Moreover, the anatomical location and functional characteristics of VWFA are also systematically elaborated. In order to further understand Human reading mechanism provides an important foundation.