Applies principles of cognitive psychology to the processes of reading. Topics include the nature of perceptual learning, the development of cognitive strategies, the nature of writing systems, acquisition of initial reading skills, reading processes in adults, reading disorders, cross-cultural variations in reading achievement, and the higher-level mental processes that are involved in reading (e.g., discovery of rules and order). (53 p ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)