Probing the perceptual and cognitive underpinnings of braille reading. An Estonian population study
| Autor: | Pol Ghesquière, Bart Boets, Mairi Männamaa, Anneli Veispak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Estonia
Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Population Blindness Young Adult Cognition Phonetics Reading (process) Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology Learning to read Humans Child education Language media_common education.field_of_study Language Tests Phonology Braille Estonian language.human_language Clinical Psychology Reading Touch Perception Sensory Aids Auditory Perception Speech Perception Visual Perception language Female Psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Research in Developmental Disabilities. 33:1366-1379 |
| ISSN: | 0891-4222 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.03.009 |
| Popis: | Similar to many sighted children who struggle with learning to read, a proportion of blind children have specific difficulties related to reading braille which cannot be easily explained. A lot of research has been conducted to investigate the perceptual and cognitive processes behind (impairments in) print reading. Very few studies, however, have aimed for a deeper insight into the relevant perceptual and cognitive processes involved in braille reading. In the present study we investigate the relations between reading achievement and auditory, speech, phonological and tactile processing in a population of Estonian braille reading children and youngsters and matched sighted print readers. Findings revealed that the sequential nature of braille imposes constant decoding and effective recruitment of phonological skills throughout the reading process. Sighted print readers, on the other hand, seem to switch between the use of phonological and lexical processing modes depending on the familiarity, length and structure of the word. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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