Introduction: the neuroscience of reading

Authors

  • Lêda M. B. Tomitch UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2012n63p9

Abstract

Introduction: the neuroscience of reading

Author Biography

Lêda M. B. Tomitch, UFSC

Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch has a Ph.D in English/Applied Linguistics from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, and is a professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature and at the Graduate Program in English Language and Literature at this same university. She was a visiting scholar at the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging at Carnegie Mellon University-USA. Her research interests lie on the following subjects: the relationship between working memory capacity and reading comprehension; the implementation of reading processes in the brain; and reading instruction.

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Published

2012-12-24

Issue

No. 63 (2012): The Neuroscience of Reading

Section

Introduction

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