Visual Processes in Reading and Reading Disabilities

by Willows; Dale M.

• ISBN13: 9780805809008
• ISBN10: 0805809007
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Over the last 25 years, reading processes have been the focus of an enormous amount of research in experimental psychology as well as in other disciplines. The theories and models emerging from this research have greatly advanced understanding of both normal acquisition and of reading disabilities. Although great progress has been made, there are certain aspects that have been relatively neglected in the current understanding. Specifically, the role of visual factors has received less attention than that of other component processes. This is particularly surprising since reading and writing are distinct from the other language processes of speaking and listening in large part by virtue of the fact that a visual dimension is involved. Relevant research is broadly scattered both geographically and in terms of disciplines, and there have been no major reviews or books concerned with the visual dimension of reading and reading disabilities. The purpose of this book is to bring together a broad range of evidence that concerns the role of visual information in reading and reading disabilities. Because reading processes are of central interest to cognitive scientists, neuropsychologists, psycholinguists, clinicians, and educators, this book should draw a very broad readership.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Contributors	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
Background	p. 1
History of Interest in the Visual Component of Reading	p. 3
The Relation of Reversal Errors to Reading Disabilities	p. 31
Orton Revisited: Dyslexia,Laterality, and Left-Right Confusion	p. 57
Neuropsychological Bases of Visual Processes	p. 75
Neurological Basis of Visual Processes in Reading	p. 77
Sustained (P) and Transient(M) Channels in Vision: A Review and Implications for Reading	p. 95
Visual Aspects of	p. 111
Visual Processes in Reading	p. 137
Visual Information Processing in Reading	p. 139
The Processing of Orthographic Information	p. 163
Eye Movements in Reading	p. 191
Eye Movement Control and Visual Display Units	p. 215
Bi-Alphabetism and the Design of a Reading Mechanism	p. 237
Visual Factors in Reading Disabiliities	p. 263
Are There Differences Between Disabled and Normal Readers in Their Processing of Visual Information?	p. 265
Evidence for a Visual-Processing-Deficit Subtype Among Disabled Readers	p. 287
Visual Temporal Processing Deficits in Specific Reading Disability	p. 311
Visuospatial Perception in Disabled Readers	p. 331
The Visual (Orthographic)Processor and Developmental Dyslexia	p. 347
Disabled and Normal Readers' Eye Movements in Reading and Nonreading Tasks	p. 377
	p. 393
Parameters Affecting Visual Processing	p. 417
Optometric Factors in Reading Disability	p. 419
Reading and Visual Discomfort	p. 435
Processing Text on Monitors	p. 457
Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 473
Visual Processes in Reading: Directions for Research and Theory	p. 475
Author Index	p. 481
Subject Index	p. 497
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