We are a newly formed research group within the University of Leicester School of Psychology. We are interested in a wide range of topics related to reading and linguistic processes. One major area of concern has been the nature of the processes involved in mapping from the visual presentation of words to their lexical entries. Another main field of study has been the development of reading in children who are congenitally deaf and have difficulty in developing decoding skills in the absence of a normally functioning phonological system.
Current work includes a study of which visual features of words are the most important for naming.
We are also looking at the relationship between comprehension of figurative speech and dementia. Zazie Todd has just received funding from the British Academy for a small study on subjectivity and intentionality in ludic reading. We would warmly welcome contact from those wishing to study within the group at postgraduate level and from other academic researchers in the fields of reading, psycholinguistics and figurative language. Assessment of memory and reading. The psychological assessment of reading .