| Description |
xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Associations between reading ability and visual processes / John Everatt, Barbara McCorquodale and Julie Smith / [et al.] -- 2. The effects of different types of text presentation on children with a specific reading disability / Karen Pepper and William Lovegrove -- 3. How dyslexics see and learn to read well / Gadi Geiger and Jerome Lettvin -- 4. Saccadic eye movements in dyslexia / Burkhart Fischer and Monica Biscaldi -- 5. Motor aspects of dyslexia / John Everatt, Sue McNamara and John A. Groeger / [et al.] -- 6. Anatomy, circuitry and plasticity of word reading / Michael I. Posner, Yalchin G. Abdullaev and Bruce D. McCandliss / [et al.] -- 7. Filtering performance by good and poor readers / Raymond M. Klein and Barbara D'Entremont -- 8. Attention and eye movements in reading / Alexander Pollatsek, Keith Rayner and Martin H. Fischer / [et al.] |
| Summary |
Visual processing - how information on a page is transmitted to the brain - is one of the key candidates in the search for exactly how children, both normal and those experiencing difficulty, learn to read. This text provides a review of some important work on the subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dyslexia.
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Visual perception.
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Reading -- Physiological aspects.
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Reading disability -- Physiological aspects.
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Visual learning.
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| Author |
Everatt, John.
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| LC no. |
98041321 |
| ISBN |
0415123275 hardback |
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0415206332 paperback |
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