This article presents a review of the effects of adverse conditions (ACs) on the perceptual,
linguistic, cognitive, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying speech recognition …

Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that has divided theorists for decades over what is
the" right" way to help children learn to read. Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that …

Featuring new coverage of the brain and language, and lexical corpora, the 4th edition of
Words in the Mind offers readers the latest thinking about the ways in which we learn words …

In case the reader misses the point, they explain in the preface that the book developped out
of a project begun over ten years ago to write" in a few months" a joint essay on semantics …

This study synthesizes current information from the various fields of cognitive science in
support of a new and exciting theory of mind. Most psychologists study horizontal processes …

Presents a model of reading comprehension that accounts for the allocation of eye fixations
of 14 college students reading scientific passages. The model deals with processing at the …

The goal of this study is to reintegrate the theory of generative grammar into the cognitive
sciences. Generative grammar was right to focus on the child's acquisition of language as its …

We describe the key features of the visual world paradigm and review the main research
areas where it has been used. In our discussion we highlight that the paradigm provides …

In explaining how... differences in reading ability occur, Charles Perfetti addresses a broad
range of scientific and practical issues. He provides a careful analysis and evaluation of the …

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 …