In this chapter, the authors highlight advances in the study of skilled reading, from word
identification to comprehension, emphasizing language and writing system influences, the …

The ability to read and comprehend texts is essential for all aspects of our lives–work,
education, participation in society, everyday life, and enjoyment. This chapter consists of …

The study of word-to-text integration (WTI) provides a window on incremental processes that
link the meaning of a word to the preceding text. We review a research program using event …

Can integration processes during reading be detected in the N400 time window? Although
many results have supported this possibility, recent research controlling for semantic priming …

Eye tracking and event-related potentials (ERPs) have complementary advantages in the
study of reading processes. We used eye tracking to extend ERP evidence of Helder et …

The N400 component of the event-related potential (ERP) has long been used within the
fields of reading and language comprehension to index the difficulty of semantically …

This study aims at reporting the translation variations and qualities provided to wh-questions
of daily routine expressions. The study employed descriptive qualitative research method to …

Anne Helder, Leiden University Like the flow of a stream, skilled reading is a mix of fast and
slow currents. The rapid identification of words and their meanings co-occur with almost-as …

Building a rich vocabulary in a second language (L2) is essential to gain a sufficient level of
L2 proficiency and, therefore, entails a large part of L2 education. According to the Lexical …

Van brein tot begrip Over het brein Page 1 1 Van brein tot begrip: Hoe onderzoek je wat er in
het brein gebeurt bij begrijpend lezen en wat hebben we er aan? Anne Helder Universitair …