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Direct linkAlgom, Daniel; Chajut, Eran; Lev, Shlomo – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2004
The role of Stroop processes in the emotional Stroop effect was subjected to a conceptual scrutiny augmented by a series of experiments entailing reading or lexical decision as well as color naming. The analysis showed that the Stroop effect is not defined in the emotional Stroop task. The experiments showed that reading, lexical decision, and…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Emotional Response
Dunn-Rankin, Peter – Scientific American, 1978
Presents results of an investigation of visual cues which lead to word and letter recognition. (SL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Reading, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Download full textWilliams, Robert T. – 1974
Vision is a complex process involving three phases: physical (acuity), physiological (integrative), and psychological (perceptual). Although these phases cannot be considered discrete, they provide the basis for the visual screening procedure used by the Reading Services of Colorado State University and described in this document. Ten tests are…
Descriptors: Eye Hand Coordination, Reading, Screening Tests, Vision Tests
Peer reviewedSchubert, Delwyn G.; Walton, Howard N. – The Reading Teacher, 1968
The relationship of astigmatism to reading and the possible detrimental effects it might have on reading were investigated. The greatest incidence of astigmatism was for the with-the-rule type ranging from .50 to 1.00 diopter. This type of astigmatism was induced in 35 seniors from the Los Angeles College of Optometry by placing cylindrical lenses…
Descriptors: Attention Span, College Students, Educational Attitudes, Reading
Peer reviewedGoodman, Kenneth S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
The influence of cues in the visual peripheral field is not a random one.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Figural Aftereffects, Miscue Analysis, Reading
KARRAKER, R.J. – 1968
RECENT RESEARCH ON THE DISCRIMINATION PROCESS INDICATES THAT ERRORLESS LEARNING CAN OCCUR IF STIMULI ARE CAREFULLY PROGRAMED SO THAT THEY ARE DISSIMILAR AND GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SIMILAR AS TRAINING PROCEEDS. TO ASSESS THIS APPROACH IN TEACHING THE LOWER- CASE LETTER B AND D WITH KINDERGARTEN SUBJECTS, TWO SETS OF STIMILI CONSTITUTED THE FIRST…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Lateral Dominance, Mental Age
Smith, Helen K., Ed. – 1968
This bulletin is a compilation of papers dealing with the role of perceptual functions in reading and reading difficulties that were delivered at the 1966-67 Convention of the International Reading Association. Various sections are devoted to discussions of and reports of research on such matters as the auditory and visual modalities in reading,…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Learning Modalities, Paired Associate Learning, Perception
Simpson, Dorothy M. – 1968
The author gives an account of her early teaching experiences, her awareness that many children did not learn to read, her early investigations of readiness, and her conclusions that difficulty in numbers, copying, or tracing were closely related to reading disability. The importance of visual perception, eye motility, early child development, and…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Eye Movements
