1st Edition

Basic Processes in Reading Perception and Comprehension

Edited By David LaBerge, S. Jay Samuels Copyright 1977
    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1977, this volume contains the most recent theoretical views and experimental findings by prominent psychologists at the time, working in areas they considered to be most basic to the reading processes. The material will still be of value to people interested in applied and basic aspects of reading, as well as those concerned with language processing and information processing in general.

    The volume divides conveniently into two areas, perception and comprehension. The initial chapters deal with the perceptual processes involved in reading. The second half of the volume delves into the area of comprehension. The interested reader will find a wide variety of topics covered in the volume that reflect the amazingly wide range of cognitive functions that are part of the reading process.

    Preface  1. On the Interaction of Perception and Memory in Reading W.K. Estes  2. Neural Models with Cognitive Implications James A. Anderson  3. A Pattern-Unit Model of Word Identification Neal F. Johnson  4. Automatic and Controlled Information Processing in Vision Walter Schneider and Richard M. Shiffrin  5. How Perception Really Develops: A View from Outside the Network Eleanor J. Gibson  6. Mechanisms for Pronouncing Printed Words: Use and Acquisition Jonathan Baron  7. Integrative Processes in Comprehension Patricia A. Carpenter and Marcel Adam Just  8. Inferences in Comprehension Herbert H. Clark  9. Understanding and Summarizing Brief Stories David E. Rumelhart  10. Computer Simulation of a Language Acquisition System: A Second Report John R. Anderson.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

    Biography

    David LaBerge, S. Jay Samuels