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

Psychology of Reading (eBook, ePUB)

2nd Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book summarizes the large body of research that exists on the psychology of reading, and puts it into a coherent framework.

The central theme is how readers go about extracting information from the printed page and comprehending the text.

The thoroughly updated second edition encompasses all aspects of the psychology of reading with chapters on writing systems, word recognition, the work of the eyes during reading, inner speech, sentence processing, discourse processing, learning to read, dyslexia, individual differences, and speed reading.

It will be essential reading for students and researchers in cognitive psychology and the psychology of reading.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136579677
• Artikelnr.: 38270271

Autorenporträt

Keith Rayner is the Atkinson Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego and Emeritus Distinguished University Professor at the University of Massachusetts. He has published widely on topics related to reading, eye movements, and language processing.

Alexander Pollatsek is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His primary research interests are in reading, word recognition, scene perception, and driving behavior. He has published widely in each area.

Jane Ashby is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Central Michigan University. Her primary interests are in skilled reading, phonological processing, dyslexia, and reading development.

Charles Clifton, Jr is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is primarily interested in psycholinguistics and has published numerous papers dealing with linguistic processing, parsing, and syntactic ambiguity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1. Background Information. 1. Introduction and Preliminary
Information. 2. Writing Systems. 3. Word Perception I: Some Basic Issues
and Methods. Part 2. Skilled Reading of Text. 4. The Work of the Eyes. 5.
Word Perception II: Word Identification in Text. 6. A Model of Eye
Movements in Reading. Part 3. Understanding Text. 7. Inner Speech. 8. Words
and Sentences. 9. Comprehension of Discourse. Part 4. Beginning Reading,
Reading Disability, Individual Differences. 10. Stages of Reading
Development. 11. Learning to Read. 12. Reading Disorders. 13. Speed
Reading, Proofreading, and Individual Differences. 14. Overview.