This functional magnetic resonance imaging study examined the neural correlates of coherence-break detection during reading in the context of a contradiction paradigm. Young adults (N = 31, ages 19-27) read short narratives (half contained a break in coherence) that were presented sentence by sentence in a self-paced, slow event-related design.…

The majority of naturalistic reading occurs within passages. Therefore, it is important to understand how reading in context affects the division of labor between semantic and orthographic processing. However, it is difficult to compare the cognitive processes elicited by reading in context and lists because of the perceptual differences that…

Relative to print reading, braille-reading finger movements are held to be of more constant speed, with continuous and exhaustive contact with all words. However, the continuity of movements is intermittent in two distinct ways: (a) readers reverse direction and reread material already encountered and (b) the continual fluctuations of velocity…

We explore the relationships between basic auditory processing, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and word reading in a sample of 95 children, 55 typically developing children, and 40 children with low IQ. All children received nonspeech auditory processing tasks, phonological processing and literacy measures, and a receptive vocabulary task.…

Provides a personal account of the development of the Eye Movement Contingent Display Control research methodology for the study of perceptual and cognitive processes in reading. Suggests that the usefulness of eye movement techniques for studying human cognition is still in its beginning stages. (RS)

Reviews the primary characteristics of eye movements during reading and summarizes four areas: (1) the span of effective vision; (2) integration of information across eye movements; (3) the decision of where to fixate next; and (4) the decision of when to move the eyes. Discusses some current controversies about eye movements and reading. (RS)