The Psychology of Reading - Softcover

Rayner, Keith; Pollatsek, Alexander

9780137343690: The Psychology of Reading

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ISBN 10: 0137343698 ISBN 13: 9780137343690

Publisher: Prentice Hall International Paperback Editions, 1990

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The last 20 years have witnessed a revolution in reading research. Cognitive psychologists, using high-speed computers to aid in the collection and analysis of data, have developed tools that have begun to answer questions that were previously thought unanswerable. These tools allow for a "chronometric," or moment-to-moment, analysis of the reading process. Foremost among them is the use of the record of eye movements to help reveal the underlying perceptual and cognitive processes of reading.

This volume provides a coherent framework for the research accomplished on the reading process over the past 15 years. It emphasizes how readers go about extracting information from the printed page and how they comprehend the text.

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Offering a tutorial on the use and interpretation of eye-movement data in reading, the text provides an examination of the underlying perceptual and cognitive processes of the adult skilled reader. Rayner and Pollatsek use these processes as a base to study more applied aspects and traditional methods of reading comprehension. The book documents the learning process and instructional teaching methods and features specific chapters on reading problems and individual differences and alternative forms of reading - such as skimming and "speedreading". It also covers the topics of cognitive psychology, information intake during eye fixations, eye-movement control during reading, and the role of inner speech in integrating words.

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