Word-reading (Lectures 7&8)

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How many levels are there to understanding word-reading?
3
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What are these levels?
Conscious awareness, unconscious & neural
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What are the elements of unconscious account (functional/computational)?
Process, organisation of components, mental dictionary, control mechanism
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Reading has lots of components, IN ORDER, what are they?
Read, construct sentence structure, does it make sense?, what is the context?
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What are phonemes?
Consonant and vowel sounds
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Spoken word form is:
A sequence of phonemes, organised in syllables with a stress pattern
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Written word form is:
Sequence of symbols, made of lines, curves, or strokes
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What are the limitations to introspective reports?
Often misleading, don't tell us HOW word identification is done, give no processes
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What are the two kinds of behavioural measure?
(Artificial) lab tasks designed to "capture" a component process & "Online" measures made during natural performance of skill
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What is "word superiority effect"?
When a word is in correct order, it is more likely to be recognised
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