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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457921703321

Autore

Breznitz Zvia

Titolo

Fluency in reading : synchronization of processing / / Zvia Breznitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : L. Erlbaum Associates, , 2006

ISBN

1-135-63744-X

1-282-37557-1

9786612375576

1-4106-1701-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

371.91/44

Soggetti

Dyslexia

Reading - Physiological aspects

Synchronization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-286) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Fluency in Reading: Approaches and Definitions; 2 Reading Rate; 3 Automaticity in Fluent Reading; 4 Prosody as an Indication of Fluency; 5 Naming Speed: A Review; 6 Speed of Processing; 7 Visual Processing: Regular and Dyslexic; 8 Auditory-Phonological Processing: Regular and Dyslexic; 9 Speed of Processing of Visual and Auditory Modalities: Research Evidence; 10 Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) in the Study of Dyslexia; 11 Cross-Modal Integration; 12 The Synchronization Phenomenon; 13 Reading Fluency, Training, and Dyslexia

14 Conclusion: The Key Role of SOP Within the Orchestration of ReadingReferences; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers.Part I explains fluency in reading from both traditional and modern perspectives. Fluency has historically been viewed as the outcome of other reading-related factors and has often been seen as a convenient measure of reading skills. This book, however, argues that fluency has a strong impact on other aspects of



reading and plays a central role in the entire reading process.Part II deals with the deter