In this paper, we consider solutions to ten of the challenges faced when trying to predict an
individual's functional outcome after stroke on the basis of lesion site. A primary goal is to …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

As you might experience it while reading this sentence, silent reading often involves an
imagery speech component: we can hear our own “inner voice” pronouncing words …

The goal of cognitive neuroscience is to integrate cognitive models with knowledge about
underlying neural machinery. This significant challenge was explored in relation to word …

The visual attention (VA) span deficit hypothesis of developmental dyslexia posits that
impaired multiple element processing can be responsible for poor reading outcomes. In VA …

Efficient reading requires a fast conversion of the written word to both phonological and
semantic codes. We tested the hypothesis that, within the left occipitotemporal cortical …

Multiple levels of representation are involved in reading single words: visual representations
of letter shape, orthographic representations of letter identity and order, phonological …

Human musical ability is proposed to play a key phylogenetical role in the evolution of
language, and the similarity of hierarchical structure in music and language has led to …

The left ventral occipito-temporal cortex (LvOT) is thought to be essential for the rapid
parallel letter processing that is required for skilled reading. Here we investigate whether …

In Arabic, the language used for everyday conversation ('spoken Arabic'–SA) differs
markedly from literary Arabic (LA), which is used for written communication and formal …