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      A behavioural and neurobiological investigation of basic reading processes

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      Date
      2009-09
      Author
      Cummine, Jacqueline
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Doctoral
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      Abstract
      There are competing theories in the literature regarding the extent to which the translation of print to speech involves single or multiple routes. Regardless of the number of routes in a model, all models of reading must account for both sight vocabulary (SV) processing, which specializes in mapping whole-word representations, and phonetic decoding (PD) processing, which specializes in mapping sub-word representations. The purpose of the present work was to examine two hypotheses regarding the relationship between SV and PD: independence versus redundancy. Both behavioural and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) experiments were conducted and the results supported the hypothesis that SV and PD are behaviourally and neurobiologically independent processes. Furthermore, in the interest of advancing all models of basic word recognition, the neurobiological representations of some of the sub-systems within SV and PD routes were explored and the contribution that particular brain regions make to the completion of naming particular stimuli was evaluated. Finally, basic and applied areas of research were integrated to demonstrate how diagnostic stimuli developed from basic reading research can inform us about impaired reading performance following traumatic brain injury.
      Degree
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
      Department
      Psychology
      Program
      Psychology
      Supervisor
      Borowsky, Ron
      Committee
      Sarty, Gordon E.; Farthing, Jon; Elias, Lorin
      Copyright Date
      September 2009
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-09092009-101757
      Subject
      Dual Route Model
      Dyslexia
      Functional MRI
      Phonetic Decoding
      Basic Reading Processes
      Sight Vocabulary
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