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Dyslexia, Reading and the Brain
A Sourcebook of Psychological and Biological Research
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
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Masked Priming
The State of the Art
Series: Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science
Masked priming has a short and somewhat controversial history. When used as a tool to study whether semantic processing can occur in the absence of conscious awareness, considerable debate followed, mainly about whether masked priming truly tapped unconscious processes. For research into other...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
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The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension
Eyetracking, ERPs and Beyond
This book addresses important findings, assumptions, problems, hopes, and future guidelines on the use of advanced research techniques to study the moment-by-moment mental processes that occur while a reader or listener is understanding language. The core techniques are eye tracking and ERPs, with...
Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia
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
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Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies
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





