Individual differences in sensitivity to imageability and consistency and word reading ability
Dr. Mark Van Den Bunt
(postdoctoral researcher at Haskins Laboratories)
Research Seminar
When?
Friday, 20 September 2019, 11:30
Where?
Seminar room Vesalius ALO 07.100
Gasthuisberg, O&N ALO - KU Leuven
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven
Abstract
The development of word reading skills require the mapping of orthographic (O) information onto phonological (P) and semantic (S) representations. Reading words aloud is inherently an O-P task and is impacted by the consistency of letter-sound correspondences. When letter sound-correspondences do not serve as a reliable cue for correct decoding, readers have to rely on other sources of information such as the semantic imageability or frequency of words. In this study we investigate how individual differences in relying on cues of consistency, imageability and frequency for word reading relate to i) differences in reading ability and ii) differences in the brain network used for reading.
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