Reading & Language

Literacy and language play critical roles in educational achievement. LRDC's Reading and Language researchers address basic issues in reading science and language science and educational issues in literacy and language learning. These include the study of skilled reading and comprehension at the word, sentence, and text levels; comparisons of reading and language processes across writing systems and languages; brain systems for reading and language; second and foreign language learning and reading; bilingualism; language production and perception; discourse; individual differences in reading and language skill; language experience and long-term learning; aphasia.
The core research includes laboratory studies using behavioral and neuroscience methods (ERPs and fMRI) and studies of language learning in educational settings. Addressing instructional improvement is work on writing assessment using automated systems, literacy coaching for teachers and family practices for early language and literacy development.
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Researchers Associated with this Area

Lin Chen
Research Associate

Anna Chrabaszcz
Research Associate

Julie Fiez
Senior Scientist

Scott Fraundorf
Research Scientist

Alan Juffs
Center Associate

Diana Leyva
Research Scientist

Katherine Martin
Visiting Scholar

Lindsay Clare Matsumura
Senior Scientist

Marta Ortega-Llebaria
Center Associate

Luis Perez Cortes
Post-Doc

Charles Perfetti
Senior Scientist

Cheryl Sandora
Research Associate, Fellow

Natasha Tokowicz
Senior Scientist

Marguerite (Maggie) Walsh
Post-Doc

Tessa Warren
Senior Scientist

Dena Zook-Howell
Research Associate

LRDC Research Areas
Cognitive & Neural Foundations of Learning Developmental Processes & Outcomes Educational Opportunities, Equity, & Attainment Improvement Research in Education Informal & Life-long Learning Learning Technology Motivation & Engagement Reading & Language Reasoning, Decision Making, & Argumentation STEMLRDC Labs
- Fiez Lab
- Food For Thought
- Memory And Psycholinguistics in Learning & Education (MAPLE)
- Perfetti Lab
- Psycho-Linguistic Underpinnings of Multilingualism (PLUM Lab)
Affiliated Labs & Centers
- Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
- Cognitive Program, Department of Psychology
- Intelligent Systems Program