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Not all skilled readers have cracked the code: The role of lexical expertise in skilled reading by Sally Andrews

September/28/2012 @ 16:00 - 18:00

Not all skilled readers have cracked the code: The role of lexical expertise in skilled reading by Sally Andrews (University of Sydney)

Most theories and computational models of skilled reading have been built upon average data for unselected samples of university students, reflecting an implicit assumption that all skilled readers read in the same way. I will review evidence that challenges this assumption by demonstrating that individual differences in measures of written language proficiency predict systematic variability in both the early stages of lexical retrieval indexed by masked priming, and in tasks assessing the contribution of lexical retrieval to sentence processing. These data highlight the critical role played by precise lexical representations in supporting optimally efficient reading.

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September/28/2012
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16:00 - 18:00
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Salle des voûtes, St Charles
3 place Victor Hugo
Marseille, 13001 France
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