The Psychology of Reading
Insights from Chinese

Describes what has recently been learned about skilled reading and dyslexia from research on the reading of Chinese.

Erik D. Reichle (Author), Lili Yu (Author)

9781009272810, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 January 2024

236 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.513 kg

'This book provides a great way to learn about the basics of Chinese reading, including expert processing, development and impairment of reading, and theoretical approaches. The relatively extensive exploration of computational modeling of reading across Chinese and English, together with background on the foundational cognitive-neuroscience studies informing and shaping such models, make for a fascinating and novel approach to the science of reading.' Cammie McBride, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University

The Psychology of Reading reviews what has been learned about skilled reading and dyslexia using research on one of the most important but often overlooked languages and writing systems – Chinese. It provides an overview of the Chinese language and writing systems, discusses what is known about the cognitive and neural processes that support the skilled reading of Chinese, as well as its development and impairment, and describes the computer models that have been developed to understand these topics. It is written in an accessible way to appeal to anyone with an interest in cognitive psychology, language, or education.

1. The psychology of reading
2. The Chinese language and writing system
3. Character and word identification
4. Skilled reading
5. Reading skill development, dyslexia, and cognitive neuroscience
6. Future directions.

Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]