Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience 2013

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  1. Sentence Processing

    Edited by Roger P. G. van Gompel

    Series: Current Issues in the Psychology of Language

    What are the psychological processes involved in comprehending sentences? How do we process the structure of sentences and how do we understand their meaning? Do children, bilinguals and people with language impairments process sentences in the same way as healthy monolingual adults? These are just...

    To Be Published June 25th 2013 by Psychology Press

  2. Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia

    By Liliane Sprenger-Charolles, Pascale Colé, Willy Serniclaes

    Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

    Most studies on reading have been conducted with English-speaking subjects. It is crucial to also examine studies conducted in different languages, in order to highlight which aspects of reading acquisition and dyslexia appear to be language-specific, and which are universal. Reading Acquisition...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

  3. Computational Approaches to Reading and Scene Perception

    Edited by John Henderson

    Series: Special Issues of Visual Cognition

    What we see and understand about the visual world is tightly tied to where we direct our eyes. High-resolution visual information is acquired from only a very limited region of the scene surrounding the fixation point, with the quality of visual input falling off precipitously from central vision...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Psychology Press

  4. Dyslexia, Reading and the Brain

    A Sourcebook of Psychological and Biological Research

    By Alan Beaton

    Despite the wealth of literature available on the subject of dyslexia, there is little that explores the subject beyond a single theoretical framework. The need for a comprehensive review of the literature by both researchers and practitioners from different fields and theoretical backgrounds is...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press

  5. Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies

    Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall, Paul de Mornay Davies

    This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press

  6. Visual Word Recognition Volume 1

    Models and Methods, Orthography and Phonology

    Edited by James Adelman

    Series: Current Issues in the Psychology of Language

    Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This first volume outlines established theory, new...

    Published June 20th 2012 by Psychology Press

  7. Visual Word Recognition Volume 2

    Meaning and Context, Individuals and Development

    Edited by James Adelman

    Series: Current Issues in the Psychology of Language

    Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This second volume examines how research on word...

    Published June 20th 2012 by Psychology Press

  8. Psychology of Reading

    2nd Edition

    By Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek, Jane Ashby, Charles Clifton Jr.

    Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been learned about the reading process from research by cognitive psychologists. This book summarizes that important...

    Published November 8th 2011 by Psychology Press

  9. Explaining Individual Differences in Reading

    Theory and Evidence

    Edited by Susan A. Brady, David Braze, Carol A. Fowler

    Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

    Research into reading development and reading disabilities has been dominated by phonologically guided theories for several decades. In this volume, the authors of 11 chapters report on a wide array of current research topics, examining the scope, limits and implications of a phonological theory....

    Published April 17th 2011 by Psychology Press