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- Title
Some components of sensation and perception for the reading process.
- Authors
Schiffman, H. R.
- Abstract
A sample of critical theories and models of attention—Broadbent, Triesman, Hochberg, Berlyne, Neisser—are reviewed in an attempt to isolate common features that are sensory and perceptual components of the normal reading process. Based on a review of the literature, it is argued that a major sensory-perceptual mechanism which may relate to the reading process is the operation of the peripheral retina. In the course of normal eye movements the peripheral retina provides fragmentary but crucial information as to the direction of subsequent ocular fixations. It follows that the input of the peripheral retina, coupled with knowledge of language structure, may enable the normal reader to productively use the peripheral fragments in an anticipatory but effective fashion. Finally, supportive sensory and perceptual literature that bear on this issue are critically reviewed.
- Subjects
READING; READING research; SENSORY perception; EYE movements; TEACHING; EDUCATION; LITERACY; READING interests; READING comprehension; ORAL reading
- Publication
Reading Research Quarterly, 1972, Vol 7, Issue 4, p588
- ISSN
0034-0553
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/747106