EDUC 631 Cognitive Psychology & the Neuroscience of Reading
This course will examine the psychological and, neurobiological substructure of reading. Neural,, perceptual, cognitive, biological, and linguistic, processes involved in reading development and, disorders will be addressed. Additional topics, include understanding skilled reading, reading, development, brain bases of reading, brain regions, involved in reading, how the brain processes, reading, and the processing models of reading., Emphasis is placed on understanding how readers, extract information from the printed page and how, they comprehend text. Current research findings, are discussed and considered in the context of, evidence-based practice in reading instruction,, assessment, and intervention.