Falk Huettig|Ramesh Kumar Mishra
How Literacy Acquisition Affects the Illiterate Mind – A Critical Examination of Theories and Evidence
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics|Radboud University Nijmegen|University of Hyderabad
abstract present onefifth humanity unable read write critically examine experimental evidence theories illiteracy affects human mind discussion show literacy significant cognitive consequences go beyond processing written words sentences thus cultural inventions reading shape general cognitive processing nontrivial ways suggest important implications educational policy guidance research cognitive processing brain functioning