Visual word recognition. Volume 1, Models and methods, orthography and phonology / edited by James S. Adelman.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Adelman, James S.

Series:

• Current Issues in the Psychology of Language
• Current issues in the psychology of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Word recognition.
• Vocabulary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Psychology Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This first volume outlines established theory, new models and key experimental evidence used to investigate visual word recognition: lexical decision and word naming. It also considers methodological concerns: new developments in large databases, and how these have been applied to theoretical questions; and control considerations when dealing

Contents:

• Front Cover; Visual Word Recognition; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: James S. Adelman; 1. Dual-route theories of reading aloud: Max Coltheart; 2. Learned orthographic representations facilitates large-scale modeling of word recognition: Daragh E. Sibley and Christopher T. Kello; 3. A parallel activation model with a sequential twist: Kenneth I. Forster; 4. Mathematical models of the lexical decision task: Pablo Gomez
• 5. Megastudies: What do millions (or so) of trials tell us about lexical processing?: David A. Balota, Melvin J. Yap, Keith A. Hutchison, and Michael J. Cortese6. Methodological issues with words: James S. Adelman; 7. Brain asymmetry and visual word recognition: Do we have a split fovea?: Marc Brysbaert, Qing Cai, and Lise Van der Haegen; 8. The front end of visual word recognition: Jonathan Grainger and Stéphane Dufau; 9. The orthographic similarity of printed words: Colin J. Davis
• 10. Phonology: An early and integral role in identifying words: Laura K. Halderman, Jane Ashby, and Charles A. PerfettiAuthor Index; Subject Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:

• 1-280-87446-5
• 9786613715777
• 1-136-26050-1
• 1-136-26049-8
• 0-203-10701-2

OCLC:

804661932