There is intense public interest in questions surrounding how children learn to read and how
they can best be taught. Research in psychological science has provided answers to many …

This article describes the Dual Route Cascaded (DRC) model, a computational model of
visual word recognition and reading aloud. The DRC is a computational realization of the …

A framework for conceptualizing the development of individual differences in reading ability
is presented that synthesizes a great deal of the research literature. The framework places …

A parallel distributed processing model of visual word recognition and pronunciation is
described. The model consists of sets of orthographic and phonological units and an …

This article shows how language processing is intimately tuned to input frequency.
Examples are given of frequency effects in the processing of phonology, phonotactics …

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 …

As a cognitive neuropsychologist, Tim Shallice considers the general question of what can
be learned about the operation of the normal cognitive system from the study of the cognitive …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that the varying dependence on the alphabetic
principle may mean for the mental processes involved in reading and writing. Within the …

PHONOLOGICAL processing skills have been shown to account for some, but not all, of the
variance in the word recognition ability of both children and adults. In two studies with adult …