Reading is a technology that has had a profound impact on human history and culture. However its reach is also much more intimate. Learning to read can be seen as equivalent to acquiring a sixth sense: proficient readers can rapidly acquire detailed and subtle information about the world through the interpretation of small marks on a piece of paper, or on a screen. Through the technology of literacy, we learn to shape both our visual and auditory systems, acquiring something similar to synesthesia, in which we "hear" words as we see marks on the page. 

This workshop marks the launch of the Reading Experience Project, which explores the many relationships between reading experience, reading proficiency, and the neurocognitive representation of phonemes. To inspire us and bring focus to our project, we have invited three experts in the fields of reading, linguistics and cognitive science.  Come and join us for insightful talks and stimulating discussion!

Program

11.00-12.00: Introduction to the reading experience project (Ethan Weed, Mikkel Wallentin, Ida A. Nissen)

12.00-13.00: Lunch break

13.00-14.00:  There is a big gap in our understanding of reading fluency and the study of serial naming can help address it, Athanassios Protopapas, University of Oslo 

14.00-15.00: Atypical grammar - and how it is typically read. Line Burholt Kristensen, University of Copenhagen

15.00-16.00: Phonological learning is a long-term predictor of decoding accuracy but not speed, Mads Poulsen, University of Copenhagen

16.00-17.00: Project meeting. Developing ideas

No need to sign up, but if you want a lunch sandwich, send an email to ethan@cc.au.dk before Thursday 08.09.2022.