Visual Processes in Reading and Reading Disabilities

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Contents: Preface. K.E. Stanovich, Introduction. Part I: Background. R.L. Venezky, History of Interest in the Visual Component of Reading. D.M. Willows, M. Terepocki, The Relation of Reversal Errors to Reading Disabilities. M.C. Corballis, I.L. Beale, Orton Revisited: Dyslexia, Laterality, and Left-Right Confusion. Part II: Neuropsychological Bases of Visual Processes. S. Lehmkuhle, Neurological Basis of Visual Processes in Reading. B.G. Breitmeyer, Sustained (P) and Transient (M) Channels in Vision: A Review and Implications for Reading. M.J. Riddoch, G.W. Humphreys, Visual Aspects of Neglect Dyslexia. Part III: Visual Processes in Reading. D.W. Massaro, T. Sanocki, Visual Information Processing in Reading. E. Corcos, D.M. Willows, The Processing of Orthographic Information. A. Pollatsek, Eye Movements in Reading. A. Kennedy, Eye Movement Control and Visual Display Units. L.B. Feldman, Bi-Alphabetism and the Design of a Reading Mechanism. Part IV: Visual Factors in Reading Disabilities. D.M. Willows, R.S. Kruk, E. Corcos, Are There Differences Between Disabled and Normal Readers in Their Processing of Visual Information? C. Watson, D.M. Willows, Evidence for a Visual-Processing-Deficit Subtype Among Disabled Readers. W.J. Lovegrove, M.C. Williams, Visual Temporal Processing Deficits in Specific Reading Disability. J.F. Stein, Visuospatial Perception in Disabled Readers. P.H.K. Seymour, H.M. Evans, The Visual (Orthographic) Processor and Developmental Dyslexia. R.K. Olson, H. Forsberg, Disabled and Normal Readers' Eye Movements in Reading and Nonreading Tasks. P.G. Aaron, J-C. Guillemard, Artists as Dyslexics. Part V: Parameters Affecting Visual Processing. R.P. Garzia, Optometric Factors in Reading Disability. A. Wilkins, Reading and Visual Discomfort. R.S. Kruk, Processing Text on Monitors. Part VI: Conclusions and Future Directions. K. Rayner, Visual Processes in Reading: Directions for Research and Theory.