Visual word recognition is an integral aspect of reading. Although readers are able to
recognize visually presented words with apparent ease, the processes that map orthography …

Computational models can be useful tools for exploring how writing systems influence
learning to read, skilled reading, and the neural representation of reading. Although I am …

Two experiments demonstrate that individual differences among normal adult readers,
including lexical quality, are expressed in silent reading at the word level. In the first of two …

Various studies have consistently shown that collocations are processed faster than
matched control phrases, both in L1 and in L2. Most of these studies focused on adjacent …

This thesis aims to identify linguistic factors that affect readability and text comprehension,
viewed as a function of text complexity. Features at various linguistic levels suggested in …

This eye-tracking study explored how phonological encoding and speech production
planning for successive words are coordinated in adult readers with dyslexia (N= 22) and …

Previous research has demonstrated effects of both orthographic neighborhood size and
neighbor frequency in word recognition in Chinese. A large neighborhood—where …

Purpose It is well known that people with aphasia have sentence comprehension
impairments. The present study investigated whether lexical factors contribute to sentence …

This chapter discusses research on how words that are orthographically (or phonologically)
similar to a printed word influence the speed and accuracy of its encoding. The relevant set …

Purpose Previous studies have reported that children with specific language impairment
(SLI) name pictures more slowly than do chronological age–matched (CAM) peers. Rapid …