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Reading (Latest Articles)
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Developmental factors and the non-native speaker effect in auditory-visual speech perception.
30 Jul 2009 
The study investigated language and developmental factors in the use of visual information in audiovisual speech perception in speakers from different language backgrounds. Mandarin-Chinese and English adults and 8- to 9-year-old children were ...
rec_pub_19640050-developmental-factors-non-native-speaker-effect-auditory-visual.htm
Letter to the editor. Professor Tim Miles.
30 Jul 2009 
rec_pub_19496087-letter-editor-professor-tim-miles.htm
Gender ratios for reading difficulties.
30 Jul 2009 The prevalence of reading difficulties is typically higher in males than females in both referred and research-identified samples, and the ratio of males to females is greater in more affected samples. To explore possible gender differences in ...
rec_pub_19367616-gender-ratios-reading-difficulties.htm
Early home-based intervention in the Netherlands for children at familial risk of dyslexia.
30 Jul 2009 Dutch children at higher familial risk of reading disability received a home-based intervention programme before formal reading instruction started to investigate whether this would reduce the risk of dyslexia. The experimental group (n=23) received ...
rec_pub_18819166-early-home-based-intervention-netherlands-children-familial-risk.htm
Dyslexic participants show intact spontaneous categorization processes.
30 Jul 2009 We examine the performance of dyslexic participants on an unsupervised categorization task against that of matched non-dyslexic control participants. Unsupervised categorization is a cognitive process critical for conceptual development. Existing ...
rec_pub_18819159-dyslexic-participants-intact-spontaneous-categorization-processes.htm
Computer-based training with ortho-phonological units in dyslexic children: new investigations.
30 Jul 2009 This study aims to show that training using a computer game incorporating an audio-visual phoneme discrimination task with phonological units, presented simultaneously with orthographic units, might improve literacy skills. Two experiments were ...
rec_pub_18646049-computer-based-training-ortho-phonological-units-dyslexic-children.htm
Language and learning: a discussion of typical and disordered development.
30 Jul 2009
rec_pub_19619869-language-learning-discussion-typical-disordered-development.htm
New algorithms assessing short summaries in expository texts using latent semantic analysis.
30 Jul 2009 In this study, we compared four expert graders with latent semantic analysis (LSA) to assess short summaries of an expository text. As is well known, there are technical difficulties for LSA to establish a good semantic representation when analyzing ...
rec_pub_19587211-new-algorithms-assessing-short-summaries-expository-texts-using.htm
Using Noldus Observer XT for research on deaf signers learning to read: an innovative methodology.
30 Jul 2009 Despite years of research on the reading problems of deaf students, we still do not know how deaf signers who read well actually crack the code of print. How connections are made between sign language and written language is still an open question. ...
rec_pub_19587199-using-noldus-observer-xt-research-deaf-signers-learning-read.htm
Finding comfort in a joke: consolatory effects of humor through cognitive distraction.
30 Jul 2009 This study aimed to demonstrate that the cognitive demands involved in humor processing can attenuate negative emotions. A primary aspect of humor is that it poses cognitive demands needed for incongruency resolution. On the basis of findings that ...
rec_pub_19653782-finding-comfort-joke-consolatory-effects-humor-cognitive-distraction.htm
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