Psychology of reading / Keith Rayner ... [et. al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rayner, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading, Psychology of.

Reading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 learned about the reading process from research by cognitive psychologists. This book summarizes that important work and puts it into a coherent framework.The book's central theme is how readers go about extracting information from the printed page and comprehending the text. Like its predecessor, this thoroughly updated 2nd Edition encompasses all aspects of the psychology of reading with chapt

Contents:

Front Cover; Psychology of Reading; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Part I: Background Information; 1. Introduction and Preliminary Information; 2. Writing Systems; 3. Word Perception I: Some Basic Issues and Methods; Part II: Skilled Reading of Text; 4. The Work of the Eyes; 5. Word Perception II: Word Identification in Text; 6. A Model of Eye Movements in Reading; Part III: Understanding Text; 7. Inner Speech; 8. Words and Sentences; 9. Comprehension of Discourse; Part IV: Beginning Reading, Reading Disorders, and Individual Differences

10. Stages of Reading Development11. Learning to Read; 12. Reading Disorders; 13. Speed Reading, Proofreading, and Individual Differences; 14. Final Overview; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-57967-2

1-283-85125-3

1-136-57968-0

0-203-15515-7

9780203155158

OCLC:

798532766