dc.contributor.advisor	Borowsky, Ron	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Sarty, Gordon E.	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Farthing, Jon	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Elias, Lorin	en_US
dc.creator	Cummine, Jacqueline	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-09T10:17:57Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-04T04:57:12Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-15T08:00:00Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2013-01-04T04:57:12Z
dc.date.created	2009-09	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-09	en_US
dc.date.submitted	September 2009	en_US
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-09092009-101757	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Dual Route Model	en_US
dc.subject	Dyslexia	en_US
dc.subject	Functional MRI	en_US
dc.subject	Phonetic Decoding	en_US
dc.subject	Basic Reading Processes	en_US
dc.subject	Sight Vocabulary	en_US
dc.title	A behavioural and neurobiological investigation of basic reading processes	en_US
dc.type.genre	Thesis	en_US
dc.type.material	text	en_US
thesis.degree.department	Psychology	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Psychology	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Saskatchewan	en_US
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	en_US

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