The Psychology of Reading : An Introduction

This lucid explanation of the elementary principles of cognitive psychology pertaining to reading covers such topics as comprehension, writing and spelling, the role of speech in mature reading, the linguistic properties of writing systems, learning to read, and dyslexia. "Not since E. B. Huey's The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading, published in 1908, has there been a better attempt at a comprehensive explanation of the reading act." --Reading World. "An important contribution. ... Crowder covers the experimental literature on each topic well. He is obviously selective, though his choice of theories and research shows good taste and a magnificent knowledge of the psychological literature." --Contemporary Psycholgy