26th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading

Sean McCarron presented his work about the Author Recognition Test – is it a reliable proxy for reading proficiency in both native & non-native speakers?

Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen presented “Orthographic representations and orthographic competition: The role of spelling errors in language processing.”

Kelly Nisbet presented her work about the factors that influence reaching native-like proficiency in English.

Melda Coskun presented her work on the effects of selective attention on novel word learning.

Gaisha Oralova presented “What an incorrect use of a character tells us about the organization of Chinese mental lexicon: a combined EEG and eye-tracking study.”

Nadia Lana presented “Emotionality of context facilitates L1 and L2 explicit word learning: An eye tracking study.”

Victor Kuperman presented “Landing positions of eye-fixations reveal structural differences between writing systems: Evidence from English, German, Hebrew, and Russian.”

Friday Night Social Event: Mariposa Toronto Dinner Cruise aboard the flagship “Captain Matthew Flinders.”